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		stevekemp 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Map of British Dialects (2023) The one that gets me the most is English people suddenly saying "fall" instead of "autumn".

dfawcus 4 months ago | [–]

It is a traditional one which fell out of fashion.

https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/weather/seasons...

https://twominenglish.com/autumn-vs-fall/

Now if we start saying "diaper" again instead of "nappy", you can start to worry.

mr_toad 4 months ago | [–]

The weirdest one to me is the English suddenly referring to police as "feds".

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/37256/police-in-...

It's not like they didn't already have dozens of slang terms for the police.

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