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xkcd #2825: Autumn and Fall (imgs.xkcd.com)
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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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[–] bluGill@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.