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#114940 11/02/2003 9:21 PM
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"'My uncle's great journey was in the fall of the leaf, at which
time he collected debts, and took orders, in the north; going
from London to Edinburgh, from Edinburgh to Glasgow, from
Glasgow back to Edinburgh, and thence to London by the
smack. "

We have had post from UK saying autumn there is never called "fall", but Dickens comes pretty close to it here.



#114941 01/26/2004 8:17 PM
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And this expression 'the fall of the leaf' makes me think of the two words tsuwm has published in his lexicon, filemot and feuillemorte. {I think I've spelled them correctly; please do correct me if I'm wrong here.} Those words had to do with the color of faded leaves in the fall rather than the time of year. However, when I read your phrase, wwh, 'in the fall of the leaf,' I immediately thought of tsuwm's lexicon.



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