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As to why "queue" is spelled "queue" and not "cue", one can ask why "quay" is pronounced "key".
The British seem to have a certain fascinating eccentricity about such things [perhaps because they think they invented the language]. Americans are less given to these embroideries. For them, a "Quay" is a "Key", not a "Quay", and they will not stand for "queues".
Spelling it 'quay' is, indeed, a pain in the bum. And it's all the fault of pretentious nitwits who fancied themselves as sophisticated.
'Quay' used to be spelt 'key' (ME 'key' from OFr 'kay'). But the spelling was changed under the influence of modern French 'quai'. (Concise Oxford Dictionary, 10th ed)
Don't know why 'queue' is spelt like that, but it's from the French again.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted queue Kupatchka 01/21/05 06:16 PM Re: queue Jackie 01/21/05 10:46 PM Re: queue tsuwm 01/21/05 11:35 PM Re: queue Wordwind 01/21/05 11:45 PM Re: queue Buffalo Shrdlu 01/22/05 12:08 AM Re: queue Wordwind 01/22/05 12:14 AM Re: queue plutarch 01/22/05 01:07 PM Re: standing in queue Wordwind 01/22/05 01:13 PM Re: standing in queue plutarch 01/22/05 01:17 PM Re: queue Millymax 01/25/05 09:09 AM Re: queue plutarch 01/25/05 09:24 AM Re: queue Millymax 01/25/05 09:34 AM Hell, no! Let it go! plutarch 01/25/05 10:16 AM Re: queue themilum 01/25/05 10:50 AM Re: queue Sparteye 01/27/05 03:50 AM Queue, too! musick 01/22/05 02:51 PM Re: Queue, too! plutarch 01/22/05 03:02 PM Re: queue Faldage 01/22/05 03:07 PM Re: queue Wordwind 01/23/05 12:43 PM Re: queue Vernon Compton 01/27/05 04:24 AM Re: queue dxb 01/27/05 10:45 AM Re: queue maverick 01/27/05 11:15 AM Re: queue dxb 01/27/05 11:26 AM Re: queue Jackie 01/27/05 02:41 PM Re: queue tsuwm 01/27/05 03:59 PM Re: queue Jackie 01/28/05 04:47 PM Two syllables. Period. No arguin'. TEd Remington 01/28/05 07:59 PM Bed Jackie 01/29/05 01:33 AM
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