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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 10:08pm -0000 03/04/26 Hartmut W Sager <[email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
