*chuckle* Yes I agree with that, Black--Snow. Although I do understand the wide usage of the term that vexes you.

The first time I've heard about this "fall"-thing I thought "who's falling?"...

Lum wrote:The first time I've heard about this "fall"-thing I thought "who's falling?"...

The leaves.

Grumblesaur wrote:

Lum wrote:The first time I've heard about this "fall"-thing I thought "who's falling?"...

The leaves.

From trees.

Black--Snow wrote:stuff

Yes, speak French, not English.

*runs*

Dinosawer wrote:

Black--Snow wrote:stuff

Yes, speak French, not English.

*runs*

Avec plaisir. Bien que je ne comprenne pas vraiment en quoi parler français va faire avancer le débat, c'est toujours un grand plaisir d'écrire dans la langue de Voltaire.

Eh bien, il pense que "autumn" est le mot propre en anglais, mais c'est du français - le mot juste d’origine germanique serait "herfst" ou "herbst" comme en néerlandais et en allemand

--IronDuke

For the silly people who don't speak French :
it's funny people argue that "autumn" is the proper English word, given the fact that it's directly borrowed from French (automne) and has thus even less English roots that "Fall". A "proper English" word would be like its Germanic brethren like Dutch and German in which it's "herfst" and "herbst", which means the "proper" English word for autumn isn't autumn but Harvest, from the Old English hærfest.
(from wikipedia)

Well, Summer of LT sure had a lot nicer ring to it than Fall of LT.

Dinosawer wrote:For the silly people who don't speak French :
it's funny people argue that "autumn" is the proper English word, given the fact that it's directly borrowed from French (automne) and has thus even less English roots that "Fall". A "proper English" word would be like its Germanic brethren like Dutch and German in which it's "herfst" and "herbst", which means the "proper" English word for autumn isn't autumn but Harvest, from the Old English hærfest.

Indeed, it's why we call the full moon that just passed the Harvest moon, and why tomorrow is the day of the Harvest festival.

charnode wrote:Well, Summer of LT sure had a lot nicer ring to it than Fall of LT.

The Fall of LT. Well that just has an entirely different meaning!

Yes, let's call it Autumn. Autumn of Limit Theory, or "ALT' for short.

Dinosawer wrote:Eh bien, il pense que "autumn" est le mot propre en anglais, mais c'est du français - le mot juste d’origine germanique serait "herfst" ou "herbst" comme en néerlandais et en allemand

Indeed but.... English is not a germanic language, but a mixed one, as the gentry spoke french and created a lot of word based on latin. As a rule, a short word will come from the germanic roots via the peasents, while long words are latin via nobility
Which is how it should be: barbarians are the northern germanic tribes, while the civilized world is latin.



(important note: i have no clues about linguistic but like making fun of the germanic tribes, being a latin swiss where the majority is germanic)