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minus-square@corsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilink6•2 years ago certified check Welcome to our American participants. To reduce confusion, we spell it in a pre-Webster fashion.
minus-squarekrellorlinkfedilink3•2 years agoSometimes I like to feel fancy and call them negotiable instruments. Ya know, like trombones on a debate team, but with money.
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink2•2 years agothis is one of the "omelette du fromage"s Americanisms that I always end up spotting, for some reason I take “personal cheques” personally when someone spells it wrong in Canada.
Welcome to our American participants.
To reduce confusion, we spell it in a pre-Webster fashion.
Sometimes I like to feel fancy and call them negotiable instruments. Ya know, like trombones on a debate team, but with money.
this is one of the "omelette du fromage"s Americanisms that I always end up spotting, for some reason I take “personal cheques” personally when someone spells it wrong in Canada.