Cheque vs Check

[SweetRiverBaynes]

Let me look into my chequing account.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

I use cheque... in Canada :)

[PermaSt0ne]

i was taught to use cheque but i see it spelled as check all the time

interesting that firefox finds cheque as incorrect and misspelled

[Doli]

i was taught to use cheque but i see it spelled as check all the time

interesting that firefox finds cheque as incorrect and misspelled

Because you are using the US english dictionary in firefox.

[betadan]

the proper english spelling is cheque, same with catalogue

[leesmithg]

the proper english spelling is cheque, same with catalogue

What you mean is, 'the proper French spelling' is cheque.

It's a French word and the English language is made up of French and other languages from around the world.

[A Clockwork Lime]

Loved the guy who wrote that he "says" cheque but not check. XD

And yes, this just in: Different dialects and regions have slight variations of the same language. Shocking, I know. You may as well mock the British for saying "boot" (an item you put your feet in) vs. a "trunk" (a large storage container). Or how some Canadians say "aboot" for "about."

[gigapixels Veteran]

Check

[curme]

Check!

Come on now, what would our Founding Father's say?

Let's not dilute our language due to political correctness.

Just because the words are homonyms doesn't mean that US citizens aren't intelligent enough to differentiate from the two.

[Unto Darkness]

Woot! An American who uses British English!

British English FTW!

[Shaun N.]

Let me rephrase mine.

Cheque = Piece of paper used for money transactions.

Check = Tick on a piece of paper or something.

+1

[brentaal]

Cheque

[Lee G. Veteran]

The US uses check. As I'm English, I use cheque.

Let me rephrase mine.

Cheque = Piece of paper used for money transactions.

Check = Tick on a piece of paper or something.

+1

[sundayx Veteran]

Cheque.

[Brian M. Veteran]

Cheque here.

Check is for checking the chicken in the oven ;)

[jaxius]

Cheque. Canada

[Sandor]

lots of examples of altered spelling. check, color, honor, hemoglobin etc

which true purveyors of english know are accurately spelt cheque, colour, honour, haemoglobin

[Ricardo Gil]

Cheque

[Sir Topham Hatt]

Cheque.

Outlook doesn't like it.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

Cheque. But I don't use them nor do I get them anymore.

[Guest]

Cheque, being British and all...

[_bobcat_ Veteran]

I check checkboxes and I pay with cheques..

[WyldPhoenix]

Isn't this a similar debate to "colour" vs "color".

The United States tends to shortn words so they can rember more of them.

What is the colour of your car?

Not color.

It is generally the USA vs the Rest

[splicer707]

I say Check, but spell it Cheque.

[Matrix XII]

Cheque

Most Canadians spell it that way.