>>>I like it being daylight when I wake up, for at least a little longer. Of course the other end of it blows .... it will be dark before we know it this afternoon. To me that is absolutely the worst thing about fall.
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>>The next (worster?) thing is when you hit the ground.
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>>Of all the possible combinations, English just had to overlap autumn with action of gravity.
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>I'm not sure that counts as English. No one here says fall. Its definitely autumn. fall is American.

But they say Autumn when it suits:

Stevie Wonder's song, "Inner Visions":

I am not one to make believes / I know that leaves are green / They only turn to brown / when Autumn comes around

I guess "fall" wouldn't scan.