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Date:      Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:12:31 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "queueing"
Message-ID:  <44ip9vnbbk.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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)")
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>

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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.



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