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xkcd #2825: Autumn and Fall (imgs.xkcd.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Alt text:

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€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We don't have fall at all.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.