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minus-squarema11enlinkfedilink7•edit-22 years agoQuite often seen with spaces or hyphens. As an aside I saw ‘check, mate’ today.
minus-square@TheFermentalist@lemm.eelinkfedilink10•2 years agoIn Australia, this means putting your friend into check.
minus-squareBleeping LobsterlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years 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-square@Spuddaccino@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•2 years 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-squareexscapelinkfedilink3•2 years agoWell OP clearly meant nowadays whenever they said “nowdays”, too.
minus-square@Spuddaccino@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•2 years 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.”