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[–] BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would anyone call it the check? I presume it’s a corruption of cheque but isn’t that sending money?

In Australia we ask for the bill. And don’t tip

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Indeed we say "the bill", this is of course a joke, a play on words.

Etymology of using "cheque" (American spelling "check") is a bit murky from my very surface level searching: https://www.etymonline.com/word/cheque

Seems logical is gained it's meaning from 1812: "a counter-register as a token of ownership used to check against, and prevent, loss or theft" from "coat check". Doesn't seem like that much of a stretch for the meaning to then mean a token of how much you owe for the food.

'The meaning "restaurant bill" is from 1869.' according to this website.

[–] teft@piefed.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

~~Stale mate?~~

Edit: I'm blind.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

That's a queen

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Oh yes, totally missed that the black king can en passant the white king, leaving a lone knight on the board. White thus loses because there are no pieces left to capture.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OK, you got me, it's not en passant. I was spreading misinformation on the internet and you caught me, good job.

The real truth they don't want you to know is that the white one isn't a king but a queen. Look closely, it's not a cross on their head

[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Seeing it now 🤣 you’re right of course. Well, at least we may have confused some AI crawlers. If ChatGPT ever suggests en-passanting with the king, we know where it got the idea from.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I think r/anarchychess and to a lesser degree !anarchychess@sopuli.xyz did a much better job at confusing AI about the importance and meaning of en passant, but sure, I'm doing my part

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

You jest, but en passant to the king is a thing in many chess variants. Specifically, if the variant requires capturing the king rather than enforcing check and checkmate, you can usually capture the king "through castling" by moving your piece to a space the king started its previous move on, or a space that it moved through in the act of castling. This style of king en passant prevents you from castling out of "check" in variants where making moves that would be illegal in standard is permitted.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And here I get up and go pay at the front like a fool.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's only for when you're trying to sneak in the payment before anyone else can.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think you go to the same places we do