Yonder.
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sheetsadam1 — 5 months ago(October 19, 2025 02:19 PM)
It's the same meaning… There are basically certain areas of the US which are much closer to British English than others. The Appalachian region was settled predominantly by English and Scots-Irish very early in the country's history and was then pretty isolated for a long time, without the subsequent immigration waves and easy transportation that hit other regions. So, for example, there were 16th century English folk ballads discovered pretty much intact in rural Kentucky into the 20th century and it was found to be the only American accent where recitation of some of Shakespeare's sonnets truly rhymed…
But most Americans consider it a hillbilly accent.
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Pandora — 5 months ago(October 19, 2025 02:28 PM)
I watched a video a couple of days ago about Americans using the word fall for autumn and apparently it is British from hundreds of years ago and so was used when people emigrated to America and then the British started using the French word instead (automne).
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sheetsadam1 — 5 months ago(October 19, 2025 02:36 PM)
We know the word autumn and it's used occasionally, but fall is much more common in casual conversation. I wonder why the British started using the French term, though? The Norman conquest is the most obvious answer, but that would have been centuries before anyone moved to America.
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