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  1. "Queueing" or "Queuing" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Mar 12, 2012 · Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings. My context is: Queueing Latency versus Queuing …

  2. US and UK English: queue or wait in line?

    Apr 25, 2016 · But whether in the UK or the US, the branch of mathematics that deals with the question of how quickly things waiting in lines get to the front is called queueing theory and not …

  3. grammaticality - Is the sentence "Queueing is so thoughtful of you ...

    Sep 8, 2017 · Queueing and giving way to alighting passengers is so thoughtful of you. Calling it illiteracy is a very excessive objection IMHO.

  4. verbs - Difference between "queue" and "enqueue" - English …

    What is the difference between queue and enqueue given that both are verbs?

  5. What's the proper word for a person waiting in a queue?

    Jul 31, 2012 · 4 In queueing theory, the common word to refer to people waiting for service is customers.

  6. Would 'sitting in a queue' be incorrect English?

    Feb 24, 2016 · Also, of course, they might mean that they were actually sitting down: this might refer to the type of queueing system where you take a ticket and sit down and wait for your …

  7. What is this idiom: "I'm going to start taking names and..."?

    Mar 24, 2011 · There is some idiom that starts out like, "I'm going to start taking names and..." I can't remember the rest of it. What is it and when is it used?

  8. Is "re-enqueue" or "reenqueue" a proper word?

    Is this a proper word? Yes, it is the proper "word" if enqueue had already been defined in the document with a specific meaning of an activity/task. Say, the glossary lists enqueue . "The …

  9. Are "eery" and "eerie" equally acceptable spellings?

    The Oxford English Dictionary gives both. It’s of Scottish origin, and probably derived from ‘argh’, an adjective now limited to regional dialects, and meaning ‘cowardly, pusillanimous, timid, …

  10. Is 'useable' preferred in certain regions, or just an alternate ...

    Jun 2, 2012 · I think this one has to do with the long vowel, as in biteable, blameable, cueing, dyeable, dyeing, hikeable, hireable, hoeing, likeable, queueing, saleable, shakeable, sizeable …