Date:  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 11:14:00 PDT
From:  "http://www.usa.net/~ague" <ague[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]REDRCK.ENET.DEC.COM>
Subject: Re: autumn

Hmm. If the speakers of UK English don't have fall for autumn, then how do
they know which way to adjust their clocks for summertime, our daylight savings
time?

Over here we say "Spring forward, Fall backwards." We'd never say "Autumn
backwards."

-- Jim