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Topic	UK: "we call it autumn
ParanoidObsessive 09/22/22 7:37:08 PM #17:	rexcrk posted... from the French word autompne and later, the Latin autumnus USA: WE CALL IT FALL BECAUSE LEAF FALL DOWN I'm from the US, and I've always called it both Fall and Autumn more or less interchangeably. Except when trying to do a pun involving multiple definitions of the word "fall" in a context that makes me seem clever. The real question is, if the season is Autumn vis-a-vis the Autumnal Equinox, why is the season of the Vernal Equinox "Spring"? English screws that one up as well. ~~Though at least it's better than "printemps" - the French suck.~~ hera posted... both autumn and fall originate from britain They're also the ones who named their favorite sport "soccer", but that hasn't stopped them from whining about it for the last 100 years. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:968228001] in UK: "... [t:80174455]...</cite> <quote><cite>rexcrk posted...</cite><quote>from the French word autompne and later, the Latin autumnusUSA: WE CALL IT FALL BECAUSE LEAF FALL DOWN</quote>I'm from the US, and I've always called it both Fall and Autumn more or less interchangeably. Except when trying to do a pun involving multiple definitions of the word "fall" in a context that makes me seem clever.The real question is, if the season is Autumn vis-a-vis the Autumnal Equinox, why is the season of the Vernal Equinox "Spring"? English screws that one up as well.Though at least it's better than "printemps" - the French suck.<cite>hera posted...</cite><quote>both autumn and fall originate from britain</quote>They're also the ones who named their favorite sport "soccer", but that hasn't stopped them from whining about it for the last 100 years. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76"POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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