Why do Americans call a bill a check?

[MetalMat]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Why+do+we+call+a+bill+a+check

 

[HamburgerBoy]

It's around $3.20 here. I thank Obama.

 

[amdhunter]

Americans call this guy?

 

[tokie]

It's around $3.20 here. I thank Obama.

At home it is around $8.

 

[bigrash]

Check sounds cooler than bill.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

americans call this guy?

i c wut u did!!

 

[phucheneh]

No one is named 'check.'

We don't all want some asshole named Bill coming up to us when we want to leave a restaurant.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Besides, this is a bill.

 

[slightlyhuman]

Who the fuck cares? Go outside and do something loser.

 

[brianmanahan]

Besides, this is a bill.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

caps

 

[brianmanahan]

lol i love it!

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[rahul]

It is the same in India. We call a bill a check.

uh, what?