Why Americans Say Fall to Mean Autumn | Distant Words
In North America, there is one particularly seasonal word that continues to raise the curiosity eyebrow of my British compatriots and it this: the word “fall” as an alternative to autumn.
The assumption, of course, is that Americans originated this usage, that—much like the altered spelling of “colour”—“fall” was added to American English to distance itself from its British equivalent.
But unlike a vibrant October morning, the issue is not quite so black and white. This video explains why Americans say “fall“ to mean “autumn.“
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