MooseBoys@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareTIL the correct spelling of "nowadays"MooseBoys@lemmy.world to Today I learned@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-21 year agoQuite often seen with spaces or hyphens. As an aside I saw ‘check, mate’ today.
minus-squareTheFermentalist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoIn Australia, this means putting your friend into check.
minus-squareBleeping Lobster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOr asking for the bill at a restaurant where you’re friends with the waiter (though if I was going to be anal, afaik we spell it ‘cheque’ in the UK / Australia where people use ‘mate’)
minus-squareSpuddaccino@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat seems fine to me. I’ve heard “check and mate” a bunch, so this isn’t too much of a stretch for me.
minus-squareexscape@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWell OP clearly meant nowadays whenever they said “nowdays”, too.
minus-squareSpuddaccino@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSo do the people who say “check and mate.”
Quite often seen with spaces or hyphens.
As an aside I saw ‘check, mate’ today.
In Australia, this means putting your friend into check.
Or asking for the bill at a restaurant where you’re friends with the waiter (though if I was going to be anal, afaik we spell it ‘cheque’ in the UK / Australia where people use ‘mate’)
That seems fine to me. I’ve heard “check and mate” a bunch, so this isn’t too much of a stretch for me.
They clearly meant checkmate though.
Well OP clearly meant nowadays whenever they said “nowdays”, too.
So do the people who say “check and mate.”