On 22/09/05, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"Rowan Collins"
<rowan.collins(a)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...
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]