A nor’easter is a macro-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. Nor’easters are usually accompanied by very heavy rain or snow, and can cause severe coastal flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane-force winds, or blizzard conditions.
About Nor’easter in brief
A nor’easter is a macro-scale extratropical cyclone in the western North Atlantic Ocean. The name derives from the direction of the winds that blow from the northeast. Nor’easters are usually accompanied by very heavy rain or snow, and can cause severe coastal flooding, coastal erosion, hurricane-force winds, or blizzard conditions. One of the earliest uses of this term is recorded in the Bible, in the book of Acts, the author Luke refers to a storm on the Mediterranean as a northeaster. For decades, Edgar Comee, of Brunswick, Maine, waged a determined battle against use of the term ‘nor’Easter’ by the press, which usage he considered ‘a pretentious and altogether lamentable affectation.’ Despite the efforts of Comee and others, use of nor’easter spelling continues. According to Boston Globe writer Jan Freeman, more than 80 percent of northeasters in the past year were spelled ‘northeasters’.
The term “nor’ easter” has no basis in regional New England dialect; the Boston accent would elide the ‘R’ in ‘no’theastuh’ The term came to American English by way of British English. It may have originally been a literary affectation, akin to ‘een’ or ‘even’ for one position in verse, with no actual implications for the actual pronunciation of the word ‘nearest’ and ‘to the’ of ‘north’, ‘east’or ‘south’ “nearest,” ‘‘’‘ and ’’ ‘ne’ is a contraction for ‘Northeaster,’ which is a word for a storm with an east wind, or just ‘the east wind’ According to the OED, the first recorded use of. the term \”nor‘easter\” occurs in 1836 in a translation of Aristophanes.
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