Do you validate?
If said to a store clerk in the Northeast this qustion will be met with, "What?" Of course validate means, on the West coast, & I'm sure many other Western states, the clerk stamps the parking lot...
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Validate seems fairly logical. Are you really a valid (that is to say, paying) customer or not?This so reminds me of my youth. Can't remember the last time I saw it actually in use."Don't forget to...
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Yes, it's certainly a logical word to use in this context, but the question would be met with uncomprehending stares in UK stores (although, come to think of it, that's true of most questions one asks.)
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Doc,You will hear it in Oz for precisely the same reason you mention. You might have to ask "Do you validate vouchers for the parking?" but the meaning is the same. It is becoming more common here. I...
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I've heard the term used throughout the Northeast US. I don't believe it is in any way a Western regionalism.
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Definitely used in various midwestern cities I've lived in and visited.
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