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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