I watched a documentary about the Mississippi river recently. It was
narrated mostly by an old hunter/trapper bloke, who was speaking what I
considered normal American English. But he said "autumn" - that
sounded really strange to me coming from an American. I thought all
Americans called it "fall" - it sounded as wrong as if I'd heard an
English person call a tap a faucet or a nappy a diaper.
So... do some Americans use the word "autumn", and I've just never
heard it before, or was this old trapper told to say it because the
programme was made for an English audience?
Very sad I know, but it's just been bugging me :o
Rob
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Same again next year anyone? It'll be dry, I promise.
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