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Default British propensity for dimunitive nicknames (tranny, addy, proggy, etc.)

Eeyore wrote:
Smitty Two wrote:

"N Cook" wrote:

Americans pay checks with bills - we pay bills with cheques.


Only in a restaurant is an invoice for monies due termed a "check."


Why is that ?


The same reason we drive on parkways and park on driveways.

If the plural of "mouse" is "mice", pluralize "house" and "spouse". (That
latter one should make one think.)

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