Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 06:49:11 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "queueing" Message-ID: <20121028064911.47abf9fb@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <44ip9vnbbk.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> 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> <44ip9vnbbk.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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Hi, On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:12:31 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > 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. in what English are they written? And still, if many write it wrongly, we do not have to follow them. Erich
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