Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Brite
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (Cyborg)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Brand Logo

CIRCLE WITH A DOT

  1. Home
  2. Uncategorized
  3. i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line".

i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line".

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Uncategorized
25 Posts 21 Posters 0 Views
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • jmissig@hci.socialJ jmissig@hci.social

    @cabel bringing all the wins of CRLF to English

    jmissig@hci.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
    jmissig@hci.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
    jmissig@hci.social
    wrote last edited by
    #7

    @cabel see because “queue line” is perfectly compatible with *both* British English and American English. the problem has been solved!

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

      i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

      folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

      jblake@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
      jblake@mastodon.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
      jblake@mastodon.social
      wrote last edited by
      #8

      @cabel While waiting in the queue line, a chai tea hits different.

      jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

        i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

        folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

        zamnight@mastodon.socialZ This user is from outside of this forum
        zamnight@mastodon.socialZ This user is from outside of this forum
        zamnight@mastodon.social
        wrote last edited by
        #9

        @cabel I usually only see this in the use of acronyms. That's nails on a chalkboard, right there.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • jblake@mastodon.socialJ jblake@mastodon.social

          @cabel While waiting in the queue line, a chai tea hits different.

          jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ This user is from outside of this forum
          jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ This user is from outside of this forum
          jasper@dystopianpresent.club
          wrote last edited by
          #10

          @jblake @cabel dip your naan bread in it!

          tal@mastodon.socialT 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

            i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

            folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

            timonus@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
            timonus@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
            timonus@mastodon.social
            wrote last edited by
            #11

            @cabel it’s a queue of queues

            1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

              i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

              folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

              cykelero@mas.toC This user is from outside of this forum
              cykelero@mas.toC This user is from outside of this forum
              cykelero@mas.to
              wrote last edited by
              #12

              @cabel no no, a queue line is a 2D array

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                sarraceniawilds@sunny.gardenS This user is from outside of this forum
                sarraceniawilds@sunny.gardenS This user is from outside of this forum
                sarraceniawilds@sunny.garden
                wrote last edited by
                #13

                @cabel like atm machine.

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ jasper@dystopianpresent.club

                  @jblake @cabel dip your naan bread in it!

                  tal@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
                  tal@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
                  tal@mastodon.social
                  wrote last edited by
                  #14

                  @jasper @jblake @cabel on your way up Torpen Hill

                  jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                    i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                    folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                    tal@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
                    tal@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
                    tal@mastodon.social
                    wrote last edited by
                    #15

                    @cabel both redundant and unnecessary

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • tal@mastodon.socialT tal@mastodon.social

                      @jasper @jblake @cabel on your way up Torpen Hill

                      jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ This user is from outside of this forum
                      jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ This user is from outside of this forum
                      jasper@dystopianpresent.club
                      wrote last edited by
                      #16

                      @tal @jblake @cabel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo I was going to post that but I replied too much already 😄

                      1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                        i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                        folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                        hoemma@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
                        hoemma@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
                        hoemma@mastodon.social
                        wrote last edited by
                        #17

                        @cabel The other language shift that Americans have been confusing me in the last decade or two, is using “I” where it should be “me”.
                        As in: “She spoke with Cabel and I”

                        1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                          i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                          folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                          jsit@social.coopJ This user is from outside of this forum
                          jsit@social.coopJ This user is from outside of this forum
                          jsit@social.coop
                          wrote last edited by
                          #18

                          @cabel I guess you could have a queue without a line? Like in a take-a-number system at a deli?

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                            i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                            folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                            saige@social.szp.lolS This user is from outside of this forum
                            saige@social.szp.lolS This user is from outside of this forum
                            saige@social.szp.lol
                            wrote last edited by
                            #19

                            @cabel@social.panic.com i’ve been at sfmm and knott’s for the past few days and we’ve only said line

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                              i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                              folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                              cynblogger@sfba.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
                              cynblogger@sfba.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
                              cynblogger@sfba.social
                              wrote last edited by
                              #20

                              @cabel
                              You are correctly right.

                              1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                                i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                                folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                                samvarma@fosstodon.orgS This user is from outside of this forum
                                samvarma@fosstodon.orgS This user is from outside of this forum
                                samvarma@fosstodon.org
                                wrote last edited by
                                #21

                                @cabel we ride at dawn

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                                  i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                                  folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                                  freediverx@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
                                  freediverx@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
                                  freediverx@mastodon.social
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #22

                                  @cabel
                                  Sahara Desert

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                                    i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                                    folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                                    huntingdon@mstdn.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
                                    huntingdon@mstdn.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
                                    huntingdon@mstdn.social
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #23

                                    @cabel

                                    "Queue line" sounds like an Americanism, designed for people who don't know what a queue is, and imagine they never stand in one.

                                    Kinda like the script in the Great Escape, which has one person shout at the Nazi guards, about to shoot Steve McQueen's character for being over the wire: "Nicht schiessen!" Then it has another person shout in English, for the benefit of the German guards and the American audience, "Don't shoot!"

                                    Here, the usage is more like, "Don't shoot schiessen!" Sad.

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • cabel@social.panic.comC cabel@social.panic.com

                                      i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". as in, "here's a look at the queue line for the ride".

                                      folks, it's either a queue, or a line, right? "queue line" is super redundant, right? help me out here —👴🏻

                                      ellie@ellieayla.netE This user is from outside of this forum
                                      ellie@ellieayla.netE This user is from outside of this forum
                                      ellie@ellieayla.net
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #24

                                      @cabel I might like this one actually. When the queue is a logical concept of a FIFO and a line is the shape it takes, traced out by people or stanchions.

                                      Which likely isn't what was intended at all, so being grumpy is your duty as an elder.

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • jasper@dystopianpresent.clubJ jasper@dystopianpresent.club

                                        @cabel is the queue line for the ATM machine? Don't forget your PIN number.

                                        cybeej@infosec.exchangeC This user is from outside of this forum
                                        cybeej@infosec.exchangeC This user is from outside of this forum
                                        cybeej@infosec.exchange
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #25

                                        @jasper @cabel is the ATM wireless or does it have a NIC card?

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        1
                                        0
                                        • R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
                                        Reply
                                        • Reply as topic
                                        Log in to reply
                                        • Oldest to Newest
                                        • Newest to Oldest
                                        • Most Votes


                                        • Login

                                        • Login or register to search.
                                        • First post
                                          Last post
                                        0
                                        • Categories
                                        • Recent
                                        • Tags
                                        • Popular
                                        • World
                                        • Users
                                        • Groups