Joyce wrote "> Grammar warning: I'm using two different (but related) > words spelled "check". One refers to the slip of paper on which a waiter > records > the food you have eaten, the other "check" is a slip of paper ordering your > bank to pay money to a third party. Unfortunately, I don't know any > alternate terms for either word." >
This is so much easier in England - we ask the waiter for "the bill" at the end of a meal, or have our food and drinks put on a "tab", and then we pay the total by "cheque". No confusion at all. Jacquie To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
