It's true that the English and the Americans are two peoples divided by a common language. 🤔* dining at the restaurant * reading latest Macrumors thread. Country of Czech map came up.
me: “ I don’t care about Czech. That’s it..I’m outta here. waiter, CHECK please “.
waiter brought a tablet with a map of ZCECH. I asked “ why you brought me a map of Czech? Waiter replied, “ sir you did ask for Czech “. “ yes I sure did but I was asking for CHECK..you know 5-letter word starts with letter C “..waiter, “ sir, you DO know Czech have 5-letter word and it happens start with letter C..” of course you’re right how silly of me “..next time I am going to eat at pizzeria called “ eatery “😆
In the UK "the check" is "the bill".
In Italy you ask for "il conto"
In Spain it's "la cuenta".
In France you'd ask for "l'addition"
The "check" that you take to the bank in the US to cash is actually the "cheque".
Check it out!