Ciaran Laval blog on price changes

[Graham Mills]

http://sl.governormarley.com/?p=3461

[Constance Peregrine]

I suppose it is so common now, as to be thought of as the natural use of it, but ppl using "perks" rather than "perqs" often amuses me...lol

The last time I mentioned it someplace, the person to whom concerned completely ignored me and continued to use "perks".

So I only mention this in passing

perk 2 (pûrk)
n. Informal
A perquisite: "Temper tantrums over perks are more common than the American taxpayer might like to believe" (Maureen Dowd).
[Shortening and alteration of perquisite.]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perquisite

In any case, I shall continue to use "perqs" and the article is really good, regardless

[Graham Mills]

I was aware of the derivation but my guess is that 90%-ish of folk in the UK would use "perks". Or am I wrong?

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Graham

I suppose it is so common now, as to be thought of as the natural use of it, but ppl using "perks" rather than "perqs" often amuses me...lol

The last time I mentioned it someplace, the person to whom concerned completely ignored me and continued to use "perks".

So I only mention this in passing

perk 2 (pûrk)
n. Informal
A perquisite: "Temper tantrums over perks are more common than the American taxpayer might like to believe" (Maureen Dowd).
[Shortening and alteration of perquisite.]

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/perquisite

In any case, I shall continue to use "perqs" and the article is really good, regardless

[Constance Peregrine]

I suppose it hardly matters.

perqs is short for perquisites, which is the full word ppl are referring to...so I use perqs...lol

Just a small thing though, sorry to interrupt with my nonsense...

[Graham Mills]

I imagine Dot will have an opinion but, as you say, each to their own.

More on Kitely on this blog http://sl.governormarley.com/?p=3464

bw

Graham

[Ruby O'Degee]

Thank you Ciaran Laval & Kitely for the mention.

[Ciaran Laval]

I suppose it hardly matters.

perqs is short for perquisites, which is the full word ppl are referring to...so I use perqs...lol

Just a small thing though, sorry to interrupt with my nonsense...

Interesting, I've never ran into this debate before. Having used some google foo I find a reference from the Collins English Dictionary:

British English: perk Perks are special benefits that are given to people who have a particular job or belong to a particular group.

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictio ... glish/perk

Maybe it's a British thing.