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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #510 on: December 06, 2009, 03:04:29 PM »
Anyone else annoyed by people who don't know the difference between cue and queue?

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #511 on: December 12, 2009, 07:21:02 AM »
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #512 on: December 12, 2009, 01:07:08 PM »
Anyone else annoyed by people who don't know the difference between cue and queue?
Annoyed, no. Disappointed perhaps.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #513 on: December 12, 2009, 03:04:19 PM »
Anyone else annoyed by people who don't know the difference between cue and queue?
Annoyed, no. Disappointed perhaps.
I love the word queue - so many vowels in a row!

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #514 on: December 13, 2009, 02:35:42 PM »
Anyone else annoyed by people who don't know the difference between cue and queue?
Annoyed, no. Disappointed perhaps.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #515 on: December 13, 2009, 02:45:15 PM »
Anyone else annoyed by people who don't know the difference between cue and queue?

I call the latter 'kway' because I like the sound better.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #516 on: December 13, 2009, 02:47:39 PM »
I bet Miley would say it that way.
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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #517 on: December 13, 2009, 02:49:36 PM »
Probably because she likes the sound better, that girl has good taste.

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #518 on: December 16, 2009, 11:59:50 PM »
Is there a root commonality between a philanderer and a philanthropist?

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Re: Words and Grammar and Stuff
« Reply #519 on: December 17, 2009, 12:12:19 AM »
Is there a root commonality between a philanderer and a philanthropist?

phil = love?
an = human?

I'm guessing there are common roots there.