Re: USAGE: "draughts" (was Not YAEPT), and OT: paying for stuff

In a message dated 1/26/2007 3:30:24 AM Central Standard Time,
relay@THECARTOGRAPHERS.NET writes:


> Also, I'm a little confused about where "draught" ends and "draft"
> begins. In Australia, proofs of a work are "drafts", but the people
> who make drawings are usually "draughtsmen". Beer on tap and cold
> breezes through rooms are almost invariably "draughts". The game
> alternates between being "checkers" and "draughts", with probably
> "checkers" the more common.
>
> Now I kinda assumed this was normal, but is the situation otherwise?
>
Here (SW Ohio, USA) it's normally "draft" for everything except checkers.

stevo