From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Oct 27 16:46:27 2012
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0865367
 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:46:27 +0000 (UTC)
 (envelope-from lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org)
Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net
 (asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net [207.145.128.243])
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 799188FC0A
 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:46:27 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net
 [69.17.117.42])
 by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7600FA714ED
 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:12:38 -0400 (EDT)
Received: (qmail 15760 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2012 16:12:38 -0000
Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 29994, pid: 28655, t: 0.1618s
 scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:10739
Received: from unknown (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145])
 (envelope-sender <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>)
 by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP
 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; 27 Oct 2012 16:12:37 -0000
Received: from lowell-desk.lan (lowell-desk.lan [172.30.250.8])
 by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 353D933C23
 for <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:12:32 -0400 (EDT)
Received: by lowell-desk.lan (Postfix, from userid 1147)
 id 54A8039843; Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:12:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>
To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: "queueing"
References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210261242450.61083@wonkity.com>
 <alpine.GSO.1.10.1210261707400.2164@multics.mit.edu>
 <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210261624030.62565@wonkity.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:12:31 -0400
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1210261624030.62565@wonkity.com> (Warren Block's
 message of "Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:27:04 -0600 (MDT)")
Message-ID: <44ip9vnbbk.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14
Precedence: list
List-Id: Documentation project <freebsd-doc.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-doc>,
 <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc>,
 <mailto:freebsd-doc-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:46:27 -0000

Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes:

> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Warren Block wrote:
>>
>>> Dictionaries do not accept "queueing" as an acceptable spelling of
>>> the word,
>>
>> Really?  I see it listed in Dictionary.app on OS X and oed.com.
>>
>> What dictionaries are you checking?
>
> Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language,
> 1986, and dictionary.com.
>
> Is it regional?

In common use, it's definitely British. The American equivalent would
be "lining up." ;-)

In technical use, all of my professional books use the spelling that you
are questioning. c.f., The Computer Science and Engineering Handbook,
and the Douglas Comer books on TCP/IP.