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Expiry dates
I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card number over the phone, the question "What's the expiry (date)?" would get you a blank stare. (This, of course, would be lost on you, what with it being a phone conversation and all; but let's not get sidetracked.)
Is the USA-preferred term "expiration" likewise unknown in Canada and the UK? What about Australia and New Zealand?
The cognoscenti of a.u.e and such would of course recognize both terms. But for me at least, there's always a half beat where "expiry" just looks weird and I have to supply the meaning manually.
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Is the USA-preferred term "expiration" likewise unknown in Canada and the UK? What about Australia and New Zealand?
The cognoscenti of a.u.e and such would of course recognize both terms. But for me at least, there's always a half beat where "expiry" just looks weird and I have to supply the meaning manually.
Opus the Penguin (that's my real email addy)
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Opus the Penguin filted: [nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... r
- Opus the Penguin filted: [nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry".
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Opus the Penguin filted:
[nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... course, would be lost on you, what with it being a phone conversation and all; but let's not get sidetracked.)[/nq]
I know the term quite well, but I think I'm forbidden to explain why..r
[nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... course, would be lost on you, what with it being a phone conversation and all; but let's not get sidetracked.)[/nq]
I know the term quite well, but I think I'm forbidden to explain why..r
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[nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... at least, there's always a half beat where "expiry" just looks weird and I have to supply the meaning manually.[/nq]
Turnabout and all that: if anybody asked me about an "expiration" assuming it wasn't in the context of death, which is where I immediately place that you'd
Turnabout and all that: if anybody asked me about an "expiration" assuming it wasn't in the context of death, which is where I immediately place that you'd
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[nq:1]Do you use "expiration date", or just "expiration"?[/nq]
We may be in transition in the USA. I hear both the shorter and longer form. My vague recollection is that 20 years ago, one wouldn't have heard "(What's the) expiration?" when giving a credit card number over the phone. Now, it's not uncommon. I still mentally fill in the word "date." That will probably change with time if old age
We may be in transition in the USA. I hear both the shorter and longer form. My vague recollection is that 20 years ago, one wouldn't have heard "(What's the) expiration?" when giving a credit card number over the phone. Now, it's not uncommon. I still mentally fill in the word "date." That will probably change with time if old age
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[nq:1]Opus the Penguin filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even ... a phone conversation and all; but let's not get sidetracked.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I know the term quite well, but I think I'm forbidden to explain why..r[/nq]
You old milk?
"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata." +-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous"
[nq:2]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even ... a phone conversation and all; but let's not get sidetracked.)[/nq]
[nq:1]I know the term quite well, but I think I'm forbidden to explain why..r[/nq]
You old milk?
"Throw me that lipstick, darling, I wanna redo my stigmata." +-Jennifer Saunders, "Absolutely Fabulous"
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[nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... "What's the expiry (date)?" would get you a blank stare.. Is the USA-preferred term "expiration" likewise unknown in Canada ...?[/nq]
I use "expiry date", but "expiration date" sounds only very slightly odd to me. I would speak of the "expiration" of an agreement, though.
I use "expiry date", but "expiration date" sounds only very slightly odd to me. I would speak of the "expiration" of an agreement, though.
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[nq:1]I doubt most USAns would recognize the term "expiry". Even given a narrow context, such as offering a credit card ... get sidetracked.) Is the USA-preferred term "expiration" likewise unknown in Canada and the UK? What about Australia and New Zealand?[/nq]
'Expiration' in this sense is uncommon in Australia. I would associate the word with either death or exhalation.
Sebastian.
'Expiration' in this sense is uncommon in Australia. I would associate the word with either death or exhalation.
Sebastian.
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