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Posted Monday 13th August 2007 14:56 GMT
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prior to the 1890s, the English spelling of check, was "check". It became "cheque" during one of the bouts of Francophilia we have, every other decade.
"Autumn" is also a French import. Prior to Keats the English word for the season between summer and winter was "fall".