[GNC] Cheque (was: Kind of a Philosophical Question about Transaction Dates)

[Hartmut W Sager]

My hat is off to you!  Although my remark was clearly in the context of the present, irrespective of history, I did not know at all the enlightening information you pointed out.  Thanks!

Hartmut W Sager


On Thu 05 Mar 2026 at 00:45:28 -06:00, Adam H. Kerman <ahk at chinet.com> wrote:
> 10:08pm -0000 03/04/26 Hartmut W Sager <hwsager at marityme.net> wrote:
> 
> >It's not just "you Aussies", it's the entire rest of the English-speaking 
> >world, including my own Canada, that uses "cheques".  The use of 
> >"cheques" also eliminates ambiguity in the expression "checks and 
> >balances".
> 
> Hey! Czech out the etymology! According to the Wikipedia page, it's not an 
> American simplification but an English complication! Until 1826, it had been 
> spelled "check", but the spelling was changed to match the French. The word 
> came from French, Latin, Arab, and Persion and is related to the other 
> definition.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque
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