Comments

• BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why would anyone call it the check? I presume it’s a corruption of cheque but isn’t that sending money?

  In Australia we ask for the bill. And don’t tip

  source

  • MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Indeed we say “the bill”, this is of course a joke, a play on words.

    Entomology of using “cheque” (American spelling “check”) is a bit murky from my very surface level searching: www.etymonline.com/word/cheque

    Seems logical is gained it’s meaning from 1812: “a counter-register as a token of ownership used to check against, and prevent, loss or theft” from “coat check”. Doesn’t seem like that much of a stretch for the meaning to then mean a token of how much you owe for the food.

    ‘The meaning “restaurant bill” is from 1869.’ according to this website.

    source
• teft@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Stale mate?

  source

  • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s a queen

    source
• hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Check mate

  source

  • j4k3@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Queensland

    source
  • 7uWqKj@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    No, stalemate

    source

    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Google en passant

      source

      • -> View More Comments
• veroxii@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And here I get up and go pay at the front like a fool.

  source

  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That's only for when you're trying to sneak in the payment before anyone else can.

    source

    • trolololol@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I don’t think you go to the same places we do

      source