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naomi94
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 Message 1 of 6
01 November 2012 at 6:22am | IP Logged 
Nouns Associated With Fall – List. Hi everyone, I have a list of words that I would
like to translate into various languages. They are all associated with Fall. I made a
list like this before and it looked very cool. Please translate these 14 words into any
language of your choice.

1.     November
2.     Turkey
3.     cranberry sauce
4.     apple pie
5.     crops
6.     feast
7.     corn
8.     maple
9.     pear
10.     season
11.     haunted
12.     orange
13.     red
14.     ripe

I included an image of my previous list.


If the image does not work, go to my profile, the blog is linked.

Cheers!
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Edited by naomi94 on 01 November 2012 at 6:23am

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TixhiiDon
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01 November 2012 at 7:52am | IP Logged 
It's a nice list, but these are words that are associated with "fall" in only one country
in the entire world!
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Mooby
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01 November 2012 at 8:42am | IP Logged 
POLISH:

Autumn / Fall - Jesień


1.     Listopad
2.     Indyk
3.     Sos żurawinowy
4.     Placek jablkowy
5.     Rośliny uprawne [Plon = 'harvest']
6.     Uczta [meal] + Święto [holiday]
7.     Kukurydza [maize]
8.     Klon
9.     Gruszka
10.    Sezon
11.    Nawiedzony
12.    Pomarańczowy
13.    Czerwony
14.    Dojrzały

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patuco
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 Message 4 of 6
02 November 2012 at 9:33pm | IP Logged 
To the OP: I'm not trying to derail the thread, and I've probably missed the reason for your request, but why do you need our help to translate these words? Surely Google translate can handle single words in many different languages. It's not as if you're asking for a sentence or even a paragraph to be translated.


TixhiiDon wrote:
It's a nice list, but these are words that are associated with "fall" in only one country in the entire world!

On this note, how many English-speaking countries use "fall" rather than "autumn"?

Edited by patuco on 02 November 2012 at 9:35pm

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hrhenry
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 Message 5 of 6
02 November 2012 at 9:51pm | IP Logged 
naomi94 wrote:

2.     Turkey

Ah, the power of single word, out-of-context word translation.

In Turkish, it's Türkiye. Oh, you mean the other turkey. Well, that would be hindi.

I wonder what it's called in... Hindi?


(Sorry, couldn't resist.)

R.
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02 November 2012 at 10:23pm | IP Logged 
patuco wrote:
...On this note, how many English-speaking countries use "fall" rather than "autumn"?


Many Brits and Aussies I've met have been curious about this. Centuries ago "fall" was common in England. Now, it is only used in the US. According to Online Etymology:

Online Etymology wrote:
Sense of "autumn" (now only in U.S.) is 1660s, short for fall of the leaf (1540s).


When you think about it "fall" serves as a nice counterpoint to "spring". American English has preserved many words that were once common in British English. I used to accuse my English friends of always preferring a Latin origin word instead of the English alternative.

I always referred to autumn as "the fall of the year". In US English "autumn" is used as well but when given a choice between a Latin-based word and an English one, the English one is generally preferred in my former region of the US. Here in the tropics we don't have autumn, just summer. What we call "winter" would be a glorious summer in many parts of the temperate zone. Nothing "falls" here except coconuts and you wouldn't want to be underneath a coconut palm when one falls.

Why do we say "fall" instead of "autumn"

Edited by iguanamon on 02 November 2012 at 10:34pm



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