On 9 Jan 2010, at 21:03, Bob Wood wrote: > Or even "I wondered to whom he was writing the cheques"? > > Just because this is George's list, there's no need to lapse into > Americanised spelling!
<sigh> Well, *obviously*, Bob, I was using the American spelling to point the joke, which was a pun, or play on words, on Andrew's use of the word "check". I don't know, pedantry or what? Has Mr Millin been promising to buy you a drink for winding me up again? You know he's planning to leave the country before you can claim it. ;-}}} Actually, it turns out the "...que" spelling is English affectation. The original cheques/checks were issued by counter staff from a book which had symmetrical curlicues either side of the perforation between the counterfoil and check/cheque. When the document was presented, they checked its authenticity by comparing the edge to the counterfoil. Hence they came to be called checks, later Frenchified to "cheque". I'm grateful to you for giving me the chance (as I thought someone would) to show off this useless piece of info! Keep warm - the end is in sight... maybe. All the best Bruce Follow the building of Sanity Again at http://sanityagain.blogspot.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
