John Cowan wrote:
>David Barrow scripsit:
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>>Wrong. The original word was "harvest"
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>Interesting. The tactful way to say "Wrong" is "That turns out not to
>be the case". You might want to keep this phrase on file for future use.
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Apologies, no tactlessness intended
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>>fall (v.) - O.E. feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, pp.
>>feallen), from P.Gmc. *fallanan (cf. O.N. falla, O.H.G. fallan), from
>>PIE base *phol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lith. puola "to
>>fall," O.Prus. aupallai "finds," lit. "falls upon"). Noun sense of
>>"autumn" (now only in U.S.) is 1664, short for fall of the leaf (1545).
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>Definitely in use in Canada, too.
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I wondered about that. Don't Canadians use "autumn" too? For that
matter don't Americans sometimes?
David Barrow