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  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".

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  • 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 —👴🏻

    blag@typo.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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    @cabel See also, tautological place names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names

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    • 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 —👴🏻

      jmissig@hci.socialJ This user is from outside of this forum
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      @cabel bringing all the wins of CRLF to English

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      • 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 —👴🏻

        thomastc@mastodon.gamedev.placeT This user is from outside of this forum
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        @cabel It's a line for queueing, duh.

        Or maybe it's a line where you can wait to have your hair braided?

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        • jmissig@hci.socialJ jmissig@hci.social

          @cabel bringing all the wins of CRLF to English

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

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

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

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              • jblake@mastodon.socialJ jblake@mastodon.social

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

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                @jblake @cabel dip your naan bread in it!

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                • 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
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                  @cabel it’s a queue of queues

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

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                    • 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 —👴🏻

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                      @cabel like atm machine.

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

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                        • 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 —👴🏻

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                          @cabel both redundant and unnecessary

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                          • tal@mastodon.socialT tal@mastodon.social

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

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

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                            • 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 —👴🏻

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                              @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”

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                              • 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 —👴🏻

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

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                                • 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 —👴🏻

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

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                                  • 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 —👴🏻

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                                    @cabel
                                    You are correctly right.

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                                    • 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 —👴🏻

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                                      @cabel we ride at dawn

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                                      • 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 —👴🏻

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                                        @cabel
                                        Sahara Desert

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                                        • 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 —👴🏻

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                                          @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.

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