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What is this 'queue'? (Score:2)

by grantm (164)

I find it interesting that although 'queue' is exactly the right word to use in the UK and most other english-speaking countries, it is not widely understood in the USA. In fact if you have a crowd of Americans and ask them to form a queue, you'll end up with a line of those people from the crowd who've studied computer science and the remaining people standing looking confused and wondering what language you're speaking.
- Re:What is this 'queue'? (Score:1)
  
  by domm (4030)
  
  So what's the US-english word for queue? While I do know that UK-people are famous for their queueing, I assume that US-people form queues from time to time ...
  
  wait a bit, 'standing in line', or something? (defintly easier to type then queue, but we had an old-school english teacher, so I learned 'queue')
  - Re:What is this 'queue'? (Score:2)
    
    by lachoy (1663) <chris.winters@gmail.com> on 2004.12.15 10:22 (#36827) Homepage Journal
    
    right, 'standing in line' or 'waiting in line'. Or you could just be in the generic 'in line' state.
    
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