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[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 10 points 10 months ago (7 children)

cheque is the british spelling, and how we civilised Commonwealth countries spell it

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Commonwealth countries:

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 11 points 10 months ago

Check is the original spelling in the English language.[4][5] The newer spelling, cheque (from the French), is believed to have come into use around 1828

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

That sounds fantastique.

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Right, like people who are still a century out of being curbstomped like France

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"s" makes the sound in "snake". Use a "z" for the sound in "zebra" like a normal person :P

[–] gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

since when does english work with how things sound and not just how they're spelt because that's the rule? There's literally endless hours of content on youtube covering the idiosyncrasies of the language

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Sorry, I don't subscribe to the "all-or-nothing" mentality. A little bit of sanity in spelling is better than no sanity in spelling :P

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Hey in what part of britain does flour rhyme with colour?

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You sound like an Australian at McDonald’s correcting everyone on the pronounciation of ‘file(T) o fish’ like they invented it themselves.