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Rain check
I received this e-mail, and I don't understand what a rain check is:
I´m sorry but I´ll have to cancel lunch on Friday, can I take a rain check please? Kisses. ------- Can anyone help me?
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso Last edited by Alfonso; May 01, 2008 at 09:19 AM. Reason: Some corrections thanks to jealous, sweet and tiny Iris |
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Can I have a rain check? means can we do it another day? Can we put it off? It's a very common expression. By the way, should I be jealous?
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Just two tiny corrections.
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What Iris said is completely correct. That is what the saying means, even in the 'can I take a rain check' form.
A rain check itself is a vale in Spanish. Here in the states a rain check can be given to a customer when he comes to buy something on sale in a store, but the store has run out of the item. The rain check is a voucher or a promissory note that allows the customer to get the item at the sales price when it is back in stock. |
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Thanks a lot, Rusty and Iris. I see this lady thinks I'm a store. Next will be to ask for a complaint form.
Sure, Iris, you got it. But, remember, each week has got seven days and seven nights.
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso Last edited by Alfonso; May 01, 2008 at 12:29 PM. Reason: Lexical enrichment |
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I´m sorry but I´ll have to cancel lunch on Friday, can I take a rain check please? Me da pena pero tendré que cancelar [nuestra cita/la comida] el viernes, [pero vamos a planear hacerlo en otra ocación/pero vamos a ver cuándo podemos hacerlo].
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I suspect you're referring to the little form that many stores have, where you can fill out your complaints, comments etc for the store and either deposit it in a box or send it back in the mail. If that is the case, I think it would be called a complaint form, suggestion form, feedback form, evaluation form, or something of the like. Does anyone know what those forms are really called?
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All the above. Son encuestas, ¿no?
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En español son hojas de reclamaciones. I've seen hundreds of times these at bars, restaurants, hotels... As Spain is a very touristic country, it's obligatory to have these hojas de reclamaciones or complaint forms in every bussiness, although it's not always so.
I think the word is complaint form, can anyone confirm it? Thanks a lot.
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I welcome all corrections to my English. Salu2 desde Madrid, Alfonso Last edited by Alfonso; May 01, 2008 at 12:30 PM. Reason: Correction thanks to David |
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Yes, complaint forms is correct.
A little nicer way to say it is 'suggestion form'. |
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complaint form, evaluation form, feedback form, hoja de reclamaciones, rain check, suggestion form, vale |
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