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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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[โ€“] scottywh@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American here...

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

[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

German here. We call it Herbst