"rain-cheques"

[UniPol]

Just saw this on the ATS web site regarding S-Bigs 90 day sale :

"Offer vaild while stock lasts, ends November 2011. Stictly no rain-cheques".

Could do with a touch up with the good old spell check...er :D

[multiweb]

Cheque is the business spelling of check. :P

[jenchris]

Better than wind-dimes or hailimony

[koputai]

Spool chuckers never work properly anyway........

Cheers,
Jason.

[mithrandir]

"cheque" is the UK spelling and "check" the US spelling for "a written order directing a bank to pay money".

"check" would be correct in this context, "to put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb".

[Waxing_Gibbous]

I think the expression comes from outdoor events way-back-when.
If rain cancelled a baseball game or some-such, a ticket holder would get a special ticket or stub letting them attend the next game gratis.
Presumably "cheque" or "check" was used ironically.

[renormalised]

Wish it would "rain" cheques:):)

Ones that don't bounce!!!!:):P

And have numerous zeros after the "1":):P

[rally]

It seems there is no need to correctly spell - Nobody picked up the typo !

Wonder how long it will take ?

[Dennis]

I did not avail myself of a spell check, even though it was available, as I figured it was not a valid approach.

Cheers

Dennis

[mithrandir]

$0.01000000000000000000000 ?

[tlgerdes]

You mean "Stickly" rather than "Strictly":question:

Saw that one easy enough, but wasnt sure whether it was Steves typo or the websites.