Grey/gray? Colour/color? Something about 1776, as I recall.... For Ian's benefit, while I never looked into the etymological basis of American usage of "Fall" to mean "Autumn," I have always assumed it was short for "Leaf-fall." I leave it to Jim McK. to fill us in definitively on this point. Jim S. At 10:21 AM 11/25/2011 -0500, you wrote: >david, > >i looked it up in OUR dictionary and it gave GRAY as the spelling of that >word. sometimes children repudiate the idiosyncrasies of the parent and >are better for it. > >robin carrier > >wonder if our zones are the same. >beaufort, sc, usa - zone 8b >....... ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W