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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Checks - hot or cold? #131194 08/09/2004 5:43 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA clockworkchaos journeyman clockworkchaos journeyman Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 72 "The South", USA In the middle of nowhere KY we called checks that were written and cashed prior to the money making it to the bank, "cold checks." In middle of nowhere AR they call the same type of check a "hot check." Anyone know which came first and why the difference? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Checks - hot or cold? #131195 08/09/2004 7:42 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 Hi cwc. This is an interesting question. I thought everybody called them NSF cheques. That is what they are called here in Québec. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Checks - hot or cold? #131196 08/09/2004 7:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory Hi there clock. Nice to see another Kentuckian 'round these parts. I've heard them called cold checks too, and rubber checks (because they bounce, of course) as well. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Checks - hot or cold? #131197 08/10/2004 11:48 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park kited--you kite a check when you write it before the funds are available. so if you make a deposit that is from an out of state bank and takes 3 days to clear, and befor it clears you write against it, the check is kited. if there are no funds, never where, and never will be, its a rubber check. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Checks - hot or cold? #131198 08/10/2004 3:21 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA OK, then what is it when someone increases the amount of the check after you've written it? I thought that was kiting a check. I was taught never to leave room on the written-out-amount line so nobody could increase the anmount. Also was taught that the bank must go by the amount that is written out, not the amount in arabic numerals. So - what's the scoop? Any bankers amongst us? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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