Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Friday 04 January 2008 12:14, Harold Fuchs wrote:
As I Brit I normally don't call them check marks either but, when in Rome
..._do_ as the Romans do, not _speak_ as the Romans speak. And anyway, many
of us are not in Rome - nor yet in the USA. I am quite prepared to
understand a northern American, or rather, attempt to, but not to speak
American.
And besides, it can be very confusing. I once had an email asking me to check
the check and then check the box. It took me several moments to work out
that the writer wished me to check the cheque and then tick the box.
Lisi
As Winston Churchill said, "We are two nations divided by a
common language." :)
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