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- Queueing or Queuing - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings My context is: Queueing Latency versus Queuing Latency If both spelling
- US and UK English: queue or wait in line?
No one in the US ever really says queue We say 'get on line', 'wait in line', 'don't cut the line', 'line up', 'what a long line!', 'make a line', 'form a line', etc Queue is reserved for technical usage, such as in computer science where one might create a queue of objects
- Whats the proper word for a person waiting in a queue?
In queueing theory, the common word to refer to people waiting for service is customers Share
- Would sitting in a queue be incorrect English?
Also, of course, they might mean that they were actually sitting down: this might refer to the type of queueing system where you take a ticket and sit down and wait for your ticket's number to be called The phrase "sitting in a queue" is also often used to describe inanimate objects, or even virtual objects, such as emails, helpdesk tickets etc
- verbs - Difference between queue and enqueue - English Language . . .
According to this Merriam-Webster link, definition of 'Queue' as a verb is- queue verb \ˈkyü\ : to form or wait in a line
- american english - Is ageing the only exception? - English Language . . .
-(e)ue pronounced as stressed (j)uː : queueing†, blueing‡, rueing, cueing, sprueing (the last is uncommon, so it's in the OED but not in any free online dictionary that I know of) However, the verb value, where "ue" represents an unstressed vowel, always drops the "e" before -ing: valuing †There is also an ELU post on "Queueing" or
- Which is correct: standing on line or standing in line?
Disclaimer: not exactly a Northeasterners Like "not at all" Standing in line is the most common usage, yet "on line" has been used for some time now
- What does “velvet-rope-poor” mean? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
There was the following sentence in the New York Times (February 8) article titled, “Azerbaijan is rich It wants to be famous ”: “Oil-rich, velvet-rope-poor Azerbaijan, a country about the size
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