Isn't it comforting to know these people are out there?

[xenith]

It's not a drought, it's 'dryness'

Federal Government-selected experts want people to start using the word "dryness" to describe Australia's worst drought in a century.

The word "drought" makes farmers feel bad, says the Government's hand-picked Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel.

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[girliejones.livejournal.com]

Drought also implies an end to the period.

[monissaw.livejournal.com]

I think that was actually their argument, but it got lost in the "group hug" stuff :)

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

ah