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

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Friday, January 26, 2007, 12:26
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