>Never thought of fall, the season, as peculiar to the US,

Rest assured that it, along with much else USn is very peculiar indeed.

Seriously, though, can one of the boffins confirm or ciorrect an understanding I have that "fall" for the season is one of those archaicisms left over when relations soured post-Tea Party? I seem to recall reading that Willy and his contemporaries used it, and that autumn is a more recent addition to English



EDIT: Whoops! Looks like I mantled helen inside a couple of posts - Me Max culpable.