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I usually say autumn but sometimes I say fall so I picked the option that says I sometimes say both, but I would not want to imply that I say both equally as that would be a false impression to give, I would say it's probably a 85-15 split in favor of autumn.
I give this thread ten posts before it turns into linguistic dick-waving. xD
I call it Autumn, although when I have to remember the paragon of stupidity and uselessness that is Daylight Savings Time, I use the "Spring forward, Fall back" thing.
Fall, because the leaves fall and in general, everything tends to fall through during the Fall.
Sincerely,
Pessimist
I don't have the time to speak an entire extra syllable like that. But I usually type it as autumn because I've found it's far more likely for someone online to say "You mean fall?" leading to a short argument and an even greater waste of time.
The hot season is Summer, the cold season is Autumn, the dead season is Winter, the new season is... SPRING? There's some other word for it we've loooong since stopped using, but I feel that if we're just gonna go with Spring, we might as well just go with Fall. Hell, we should call summer Flush and winter Bare or something equally lame.
IS there another word for Spring?
I say autumn. I just like the way it sounds, and my synesthesia actually makes it an burnt orange, where as fall is a purple-y colour, so I dunno. It just works better. Plus, I think the word "autumn" is pretty.
Either, though I say "Fall" more frequently.
FEASTING TIME!!! :bigsmile:
Then again, that is what I call every season. Oink oink! :bigsmile:
Fall. I call it that because I suffer from severe depression that let's me still get stressed out from "back to school" commercials even though I have not attended any sort of school in years.
I usually say Fall if I have to name it, but I've also called it second Summer because San Diego is still hot.
I suppose if we're gonna be technical, we English call it winter. We have winter, and July. Sometimes we don't have July.
I call it Quorp.
Raintember is my favourite month, though Raingust and Rainuary are not without their charms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flambard D'Quinceteth
Raingust sounds awesome.
Yeah but Swedish doesn't count!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rantz
The proper term is Autumn, but I usually say Fall.
At school I was supposed to call it 'hydref' (which coincidentally is also the word for October). I don't think I've ever called it fall in my life.
I am saying Fall far more frequently thanks to my brief stint in the US. Fall at least makes me sound different and interesting over here so I don't mind it so much.
That time between holy tit hot and holy smurf cold.
There is a suspicious lack of L's and W's in that word.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
Think he meant "llwdrew"
I say Fall, and I'm actually really surprised that most people here seem to say Fall as well. I figured it was more acceptable to say Autumn.
If I had four daughters, I'd name them...
Ian, Dave, Balthazar and Margaret?
I use both interchangeably, but I probably use "fall" most often.
I thought it was an American thing and seeing as most members are of that persuasion...Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
You mean Ll, and that is actually classed as one letter.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeThere is a suspicious lack of L's and W's in that word.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
The more you know ☆
The More You Know indeed. wow, that's kind of cool
Note the use of W's as well as L's, likely implying this individual did not mean to indicate the lack of multiple L's or multiple W's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old ManusYou mean Ll, and that is actually classed as one letter.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeThere is a suspicious lack of L's and W's in that word.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Manus
The more you know ☆
The more you know =☆
Never! I hate that name!Quote:
Originally Posted by Flambard D'Quinceteth
The season after summer is called "Thank you earth for finally starting to get colder so I can go outside without dying"
The season after winter is called "smurf you climate change, I want more snow!"
...I think we're done here
Winter, with the way the temperatures have been this year.
Probably a Canadian thing too. We (at least around here) call it fall too. Though it would probably be more apt to refer to winter as fall what with all the ice. Being able to go the entire winter without falling is a valuable skill. Especially since winter is really about six months long minimum.Quote:
Originally Posted by JiroI thought it was an American thing and seeing as most members are of that persuasion...Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
Either.
I call Autumn Autumn and Football Football.
But if I'm posting around a lot of Americans, I do often use Fall and Soccer just to avoid the inevitable confusion / extra line of clarification...
I almost always call it fall, but Autumn is perfectly fine.
Either way, since I live in the south, the concept is conjecture. I'm convinced all seasons are simply different degrees of summer.
I call Football Soccer, but I call American Football Handegg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cloudane
Don't I know it :(Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg
:Oo:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigmafuzz
That way nobody ever has to be confused, because they know exactly what I'm talking about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro:Oo:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigmafuzz
After-Summer, Post-Summer
I say autumn, but on a side note I hate when i see a trailer online that says "coming this summer" and then I have to do global seasoning math
Beside the fact that it is imprecise. Coming this x month is way more specific.
I don't believe I have ever used the term "fall".
That's funny. I live in England, and all seasons are just different degrees of winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg
I was convinced England is a giant, isolated, temperate rainforest. With a funny accent.Quote:
Originally Posted by CloudaneThat's funny. I live in England, and all seasons are just different degrees of winter.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharkythesharkdogg
Okay, I'm gonna state the obvious here and just say, technically seasons in general are varying degrees of weather.
:P
There's always one smartarse isn't there :D
Fall isn't a season. If it is I demand the rest of the seasons dumbed down.
Summer = Sweat
Spring = Bunnies
Winter = Fat Bearded Twat
I second this motion.
Well that was rather correct up until a few years ago Quin... if we really want to get technical Britain is essentially the Giza Plains in FFXII. You wake up one morning and it's a flooded soggy place and the next it's bone bloody dry with drought warnings and hosepipe bans and sunny. There is no in between save when it decides that smurf you all we're going to have some snow. In April. Like it shouldn't be getting relatively nicer by then.Quote:
Originally Posted by PsychoticRaintember is my favourite month, though Raingust and Rainuary are not without their charms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flambard D'Quinceteth
I live in the North - it's probably better described as Burmecia from FFIX. As soon as you get near it gets a little grimmer and starts raining.
For anyone that says Autumn or that Fall isn't a season, I provide the ultimate counterargument.
"Have a nice trip, see you next Autumn." :colbert:
I fail to see your point.
Hey. You know those kids who used to bully you? They'd trip you and say "did you have a nice Fall?"
Yeah that doesn't smurfing happen in Australia.
That's because in Australia everything is upside down so you actually wouldn't fall. You'd do the opposite. And float.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
...or something.
IT WAS FUNNY IN MY MIND OKAY
The only way to get down is to burp.Quote:
Originally Posted by PikeThat's because in Australia everything is upside down so you actually wouldn't fall. You'd do the opposite. And float.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
...or something.
IT WAS FUNNY IN MY MIND OKAY
It's okay Pike I got what you were going for and my pity laugh had elements of real laugh in there.
Exactly! There arent any racial connotations at all in that, Australian bullies like to make it explicitly clear why theyre beating you upQuote:
Originally Posted by Jiro
They beat us up because we're very uncool.
Heh. One of the guys who tried to bully me during the short time I was in middle school had an Australian accent. Judging from what I did to his face, he probably doesn't have any accent anymore :greenie: