You can't advertise that on a train!

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• TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This wouldn’t happen if y’all spelt cheque correctly.

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The etymology of cheque and the reason it’s spelled that way is wonderful. Cheques are so called because they were a check on fraud (compared to an IOU anyway). That meaning of check comes from what you say in chess when you endanger the opponent’s king, and this comes from the Persian word for king, Shah. (The “h” is pronounced, and became a hard “k” sound in English).

    The same game gave its name to the checkerboard. That kind of board was used in medieval England for the royal accounts or Exchequer. Like many things royal it retained more of its French roots in its spelling. In British English, when the word “check” (spelled that way) was applied to the financial instrument, the financial association ended up lending the French spelling to monetary cheques. But Americans didn’t call their treasury an exchequer and if they had they probably would’ve spelled it wrong anyway - so they had no reason to do the same thing, and here we are.

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    • Malica@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Fascinating, thanks for sharing!

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  • CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Fuck off Frenchie

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Or just not an idiot American.

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• cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “check”

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That can’t be it.

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    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Chick.

      Who can’t help smiling when they see a fat little baby chicken.

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  • chuckleslord@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “Penis”

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  • starchylemming@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Thank you

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• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Based on width, it’s covering two letters, so it’s probably “cluck”. So, get yourself a chicken.

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I feel like this is pretty obvious.

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• FoxFairline@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “Cock Please”

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• Casuls_Die_Thrice@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No particular reason, but which rapid transit system is this? I know it isn’t the DC Metro; NYC Subway? London Underground?

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  • mortalblade@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    is nyc

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  • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s not Chicago. Kinda looks like NYC but I can’t confirm.

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• frog@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Last time this was posted I thought “crack”.

  I thought it was an ad for a chiropractor.

  Crack can always ease the pain.

  Also works if you smoke crack.

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• HC4L@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  A big fat chick obviously!

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• nroth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Lmao I remember seeing those from that angle too. I think that ad hasn’t been up for awhile though (someone at the firm probably noticed)

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• FluidBeef@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We’ll it’s definitely not “cheque”.

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• TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  look folks. It can’t be “cock” because the word is to long to be one

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• ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  For me it causes pain? Am I doing it wrong?

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• dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I know what Peaches would say.

  youtu.be/DgYSM91vJko?is=ztserv-SAbRnW3So

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• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Damn ig he’s a chubby chaser

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