https://xkcd.com/2825

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Of course in reality this is just a US/UK thing; in British English, ‘fall’ is the brief period in between and ‘autumn’ is the main season.

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    9 months ago

    British person here.

    Never heard of fall till American TV made it here

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      9 months ago

      American here…

      Everyone I’ve ever known has used Fall and Autumn interchangeably.

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      9 months ago

      American here. I went to first grade with a girl named Autumn. Other than her I’ve never heard anyone use the word, though I’ve seen it in print enough to know elsewhere in the English speaking world it is used.

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      9 months ago

      Mainland European here, I’ve never heard of fall, but I did hear someone descend a stairwell in an unfamiliar manner. Does that count?

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      9 months ago

      thatsthejoke.jpg. The alt text is saying that the UK have fall and autumn the other way around.

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          9 months ago

          I know (I’m British) and the US doesn’t have Autumn. They are the other way around.

          In the comic, the US has both, with Autumn in the brief period before Summer ends and Fall starts. The alt text is saying the UK has the two the other way around.