[Wikipedia-l] Re: Re: Re: Wikipedia English English

[Rowan Collins]

On 22/09/05, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Rowan Collins" <rowan.collins at gmail.com>
> > In the UK, a "bill" is never a banknote, and a "check" is never
> > anything to do with money. We have "cheques", which are the things you
> > write on and sign to pay for something, but that's something different
> > again.
>
> To be fair, we do have "Mr Check Please!", but he's fictional, so he doesn't
> count :-)

Yeah, it's always bugged me slightly that he says it "in American" -
but maybe it doesn't seem that way to the writers, in the sociolect
they use; language varies, and language changes...

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Rowan Collins BSc
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