Monument ([info]marnanel) wrote,
@ 2008-10-08 21:47:00
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Calculus is fun! Let's go shopping!
Happy birthday to the wonderful [info]plexq!

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Rio's teacher claimed, when she spelt a word with a "zed", that "zed" wasn't "proper English" (though it wasn't unreasonable to ask her to use the same terminology as the other kids), and when Rio apologised but said she'd been brought up speaking British English, her teacher told her she wasn't British. She was a bit upset about that, so we went over. Her teacher said that she'd never noticed that I was British, and that she loved my accent and that I look like Paul McCartney. I wonder whether she thinks all British people look like Paul McCartney.

I went to the bank. They claimed that SWIFT is only a European thing and that they had no SWIFT number. This is obviously untrue, since I'd sent money from England to that very branch myself. I think I may find another bank.

Rio says there should be a Barbie doll which says "Calculus is fun! Let's go shopping!"


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[info]jojomojo
2008-10-09 02:03 am UTC (link)
I think you may be wanting to ask them for an:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Bank_Account_Number

? I recall having similar issues transferring money to my ex's bank account before I moved over here.

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[info]jojomojo
2008-10-09 02:05 am UTC (link)
Ah, actually this appears to be synonymous with SWIFT, my bad. Trust US banks not to do what the rest of the First World does. I do recall that my ex's bank did know what an IBAN was but were fuzzy on SWIFT, though, so maybe it's just a matter of picking the right terminology to penetrate their skulls.

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[info]marnanel
2008-10-09 02:13 am UTC (link)
I think the SWIFT number gets you to the branch and IBAN is the standard form of the account number within the branch. I may be wrong.

They did give me an ABA number-- as though that would get me anywhere from outside the US! I was tempted to ask them what they thought the W in SWIFT was, if SWIFT was only a European thing.

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[info]areia
2008-10-09 02:33 am UTC (link)
When I transferred money from our UK accounts to the US, I think I finally got the correct code out of Citibank by asking for the Bank Identifier Code (apparently the same thing, but the US staff had never heard of SWIFT, let alone IBAN):

"The BIC is an 8-character code also known as the SWIFT address and is uniquely assigned to banks. Branch codes can be added to the BIC to further designate which branch of a bank should receive the SWIFT message. When a branch code is added, the BIC has 11 characters (i.e. BARCGB22 or DEUTDE3B400)."

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[info]marnanel
2008-10-09 02:35 am UTC (link)
Thank you-- that makes sense. SWIFT is the society which coordinates the actual transfers, so it makes sense that a "SWIFT address" is the same thing as a BIC. I'll try that next time.

Edited at 2008-10-09 02:36 am UTC

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SWIFT code
[info]realinterrobang
2008-10-09 02:48 am UTC (link)
That's really strange, because the NACHA* standard uses the term. The software I work with has EFT as part of its add-on feature set, primarily implemented for US clients, so I got to read the NACHA standards.

For what it's worth, in typically indecisive Canadian fashion, if you go to a bank here, they're either going to ask you for the "SWIFT code" or the "BIC."

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* (National Automated Clearing House Association, the US-based organisation that sets the standards for EFT transactions.)

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Re: SWIFT code
[info]marnanel
2008-10-09 02:52 am UTC (link)
Why on earth didn't they decide to be an organisation instead of an association?

Edited at 2008-10-09 02:52 am UTC

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[info]glittertrixie
2008-10-09 02:10 am UTC (link)
I don't know if Riordon digs the Simpsons but this episode is my favorite. I always wanted a doll like Lisa Lionheart!

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[info]weds
2008-10-09 03:23 am UTC (link)
British, Canadian, etc.; hell, "zed" is even the correct pronunciation in Japan for things like giant robots (like Mazinger Z or Panda Z) or localizations of the Powerpuff Girls (Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z). Although in that case it's more like "zeh-TOH."

(Which didn't stop a generation of Canadians from alternating seamlessly between "zee" and "zed" after watching Canadian Sesame Street in the morning and its American parent in the afternoons, but that's another post.)

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[info]bopeepsheep
2008-10-09 09:09 am UTC (link)
To quote The Wiggles*: "ex, wy, zed, or - if you live in America - zee". It really is only the USA, isn't it?


* Australian. But huge in the USA.

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[info]earlofgrey
2008-10-09 08:06 am UTC (link)
I would vote yes, yes she does.

And Rio is correct in all things.

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[info]hatter
2008-10-09 10:17 am UTC (link)
From other people's woes, I certainly got the impression that a lot of US banks weren't part of SWIFT, and that some of those which can do them actually do it via intermediaries, either their own national point of contact or one of their competitors'. Of course, having somehow got money to that branch before does rather suggest they're at best misinformed.


the hatter

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[info]mickeymouseinoz
2008-10-09 10:16 pm UTC (link)
Everyone knows that all British males look like Joe Cocker. I am growing that beard back as we write.

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[info]freelark
2008-10-10 07:34 pm UTC (link)
I generally hate shopping, but I'd go with anyone who said that.

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