Hey, how come you Brit Wankers call standing in line a 'queue'?
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Dixon Carter Lee
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Because that's what the word "queue" means.
Personally, I'd like to know where the hell the phrase "Bobsyouruncle" comes from?
Personally, I'd like to know where the hell the phrase "Bobsyouruncle" comes from?
Why do ya gotta say "queue" up chaps
To annoy people like you!
Just remember, you posted your question in (bloody awful) english, which originated in England which is part of Great Britain, which is where Brit wankers live. It was our language first. If you don't like it, bog off and invent your own!
Anyway, we Brit Wankers should be allying with you against the French! I mean, why can't they speak English too? And what about the Russians? They've even got a funny alphabet! And Chinese? They're just having a larf aren't they? All those squiggles don't really mean anything!
To annoy people like you!
Just remember, you posted your question in (bloody awful) english, which originated in England which is part of Great Britain, which is where Brit wankers live. It was our language first. If you don't like it, bog off and invent your own!
Anyway, we Brit Wankers should be allying with you against the French! I mean, why can't they speak English too? And what about the Russians? They've even got a funny alphabet! And Chinese? They're just having a larf aren't they? All those squiggles don't really mean anything!
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But,
We do speak the language with our own slant, though.
Pechorin said:
We do speak the language with our own slant, though.
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Siren, sweetie
The word is actually of french origin, and originally referred to a braid or "line" of hair descending down the back of the head.
It now is acknowledged almost universally as a waiting line - on this side of the pond it's used most in reference to calls or jobs waiting to be distributed or processed.
And just because I don't LIVE there doesn't make me less from there, so I can answer
The word is actually of french origin, and originally referred to a braid or "line" of hair descending down the back of the head.
It now is acknowledged almost universally as a waiting line - on this side of the pond it's used most in reference to calls or jobs waiting to be distributed or processed.
And just because I don't LIVE there doesn't make me less from there, so I can answer
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Whaddaya want? Royalties?
We British 'wankers' probably call it a queue for the same reason that you American tossers call:
A pavement ....... a sidewalk
A tap................... a fawcet
A car boot............ a trunk
the person who gets the least votes........ a president!
A pavement ....... a sidewalk
A tap................... a fawcet
A car boot............ a trunk
the person who gets the least votes........ a president!
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and what do you then call a vestmig said:
you call trousers pants , then you call pants shorts , so what do you call shorts?
in this this country , suspenders hold up stockings not pants [trousers]
and a muffin is a muffin not a fluffy cake an english muffin is still a muffin and a crumpet is a crumpet which is like a muffin , which is like a crumpet
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pabloback said:
What do you call a cunt?
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Boom Boom
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pabloback said:
Good of you to notice.
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You say Tom-ay-tow...
Of course there are lots of regional and just plain alternative words for everything. That's one of the beauties of the English language. Poetry certainly would be nothing like as powerful if that were not true.
I prefer the word 'knickers' to 'panties'. I can't really justify this, but 'panties' sounds childish. And that is most definitely not an association I want to attach to an item of lingerie which can stir a man's soul (and other parts).
As I recall, 'Bob's your uncle' refers to a politician in the 19th century (sorry can't recall the name) whose meteoric rise was generally attributed to his Uncle, and the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Bob being short for Robert. Incidentally, today's Police force was established by Robert Peel, before he became Prime Minister and one term for a British policeman is of course 'Bobby').
It was implied that you could get anything you wanted if you asked and 'Bob's your Uncle'.
Of course there are lots of regional and just plain alternative words for everything. That's one of the beauties of the English language. Poetry certainly would be nothing like as powerful if that were not true.
I prefer the word 'knickers' to 'panties'. I can't really justify this, but 'panties' sounds childish. And that is most definitely not an association I want to attach to an item of lingerie which can stir a man's soul (and other parts).
As I recall, 'Bob's your uncle' refers to a politician in the 19th century (sorry can't recall the name) whose meteoric rise was generally attributed to his Uncle, and the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Bob being short for Robert. Incidentally, today's Police force was established by Robert Peel, before he became Prime Minister and one term for a British policeman is of course 'Bobby').
It was implied that you could get anything you wanted if you asked and 'Bob's your Uncle'.
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queue (ky)
n.
A line of waiting people or vehicles.
A long braid of hair worn hanging down the back of the neck; a pigtail.
Computer Science.
A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing.
A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.
intr.v. queued, queu·ing, queues
To get in line: queue up at the box office.
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[French, from Old French cue, tail, from Latin cauda, cda.]
Word History: When the British stand in queues (as they have been doing at least since 1837, when this meaning of the word is first recorded in English), they may not realize they form a tail. The French word queue from which the English word is borrowed is a descendant of Latin cda, meaning “tail.” French queue appeared in 1748 in English, referring to a plait of hair hanging down the back of the neck. By 1802 wearing a queue was a regulation in the British army, but by the mid-19th century Queues had disappeared along with cocked hats. Latin cda is also the source of Italian coda, which was adopted into English as a musical term (like so many other English musical terms that come from Italian). A coda is thus literally the “tail end” of a movement or composition.
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Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See Cue.] (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Queue \Queue\, v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Queue n 1: a line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: waiting line] 2: (in information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted 3: a braid of hair at the back of the head v : form a queue, form a line, stand in line [syn: line up, queue up]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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Queue
<programming> A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a printer, processor or communications channel. Objects are added to the tail of the queue and taken off the head.
A typical use of queues in an operating system involves a user command which places something on a queue, e.g. a file on a printer queue or a job on a job queue, and a background process or "demon" which takes things off and processes them (e.g. prints or executes them). Another common use is to pass data between an interrupt handler and a user process.
(1995-05-11)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe
So there you have it... This is only to be considered an English problem if you ignore the French influences... The British have been trying to ignore the Frenchies influence since before the rise of France as a World power... Every time the United Kingdom failed to ignore the French, we ended up at war with them...
It is only since we connected our septic isle to mainland Europe that we have been able to whole-heartedly join in the EEC and been able to tell the Froggies where to shove it. But to do that we have to wait in line behind every other country that wants to tell France the World power where to shove it... And what does all this really say... Just that we are still waiting in the Queue of cause.
EZ
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queue (ky)
n.
A line of waiting people or vehicles.
A long braid of hair worn hanging down the back of the neck; a pigtail.
Computer Science.
A sequence of stored data or programs awaiting processing.
A data structure from which the first item that can be retrieved is the one stored earliest.
intr.v. queued, queu·ing, queues
To get in line: queue up at the box office.
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[French, from Old French cue, tail, from Latin cauda, cda.]
Word History: When the British stand in queues (as they have been doing at least since 1837, when this meaning of the word is first recorded in English), they may not realize they form a tail. The French word queue from which the English word is borrowed is a descendant of Latin cda, meaning “tail.” French queue appeared in 1748 in English, referring to a plait of hair hanging down the back of the neck. By 1802 wearing a queue was a regulation in the British army, but by the mid-19th century Queues had disappeared along with cocked hats. Latin cda is also the source of Italian coda, which was adopted into English as a musical term (like so many other English musical terms that come from Italian). A coda is thus literally the “tail end” of a movement or composition.
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Pronunciation Key
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Queue \Queue\, n. [F. See Cue.] (a) A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail. (b) A line of persons waiting anywhere.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Queue \Queue\, v. t. To fasten, as hair, in a queue.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Queue n 1: a line of people or vehicles waiting for something [syn: waiting line] 2: (in information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted 3: a braid of hair at the back of the head v : form a queue, form a line, stand in line [syn: line up, queue up]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University
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Queue
<programming> A first-in first-out data structure used to sequence multiple demands for a resource such as a printer, processor or communications channel. Objects are added to the tail of the queue and taken off the head.
A typical use of queues in an operating system involves a user command which places something on a queue, e.g. a file on a printer queue or a job on a job queue, and a background process or "demon" which takes things off and processes them (e.g. prints or executes them). Another common use is to pass data between an interrupt handler and a user process.
(1995-05-11)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2001 Denis Howe
So there you have it... This is only to be considered an English problem if you ignore the French influences... The British have been trying to ignore the Frenchies influence since before the rise of France as a World power... Every time the United Kingdom failed to ignore the French, we ended up at war with them...
It is only since we connected our septic isle to mainland Europe that we have been able to whole-heartedly join in the EEC and been able to tell the Froggies where to shove it. But to do that we have to wait in line behind every other country that wants to tell France the World power where to shove it... And what does all this really say... Just that we are still waiting in the Queue of cause.
EZ
Brit Wanker
