<![CDATA[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". 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 —👴🏻

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3777bc27-28ed-40e5-b46b-40cf2e2923a4/i-know-language-shifts-over-time-but-i-am-being-tormented-by-a-new-discovery-queue-line-.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 12:38:27 GMTSun, 17 May 2026 16:15:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 18:28:07 GMT]]>@jasper @cabel is the ATM wireless or does it have a NIC card?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cybeej/statuses/116591328454196964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/cybeej/statuses/116591328454196964Sun, 17 May 2026 18:28:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:59:00 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ellieayla.net/users/ellie/statuses/116591213963563368https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ellieayla.net/users/ellie/statuses/116591213963563368Sun, 17 May 2026 17:59:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:56:02 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/huntingdon/statuses/116591202304094738https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/huntingdon/statuses/116591202304094738Sun, 17 May 2026 17:56:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:33 GMT]]>@cabel
Sahara Desert

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/freediverx/statuses/116591196497432935https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/freediverx/statuses/116591196497432935Sun, 17 May 2026 17:54:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:52:26 GMT]]>@cabel we ride at dawn

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/samvarma/statuses/116591188155106753https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/samvarma/statuses/116591188155106753Sun, 17 May 2026 17:52:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:48:45 GMT]]>@cabel
You are correctly right.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/cynblogger/statuses/116591173660665944https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/cynblogger/statuses/116591173660665944Sun, 17 May 2026 17:48:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:45:01 GMT]]>@cabel@social.panic.com i’ve been at sfmm and knott’s for the past few days and we’ve only said line

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.szp.lol/notes/amdmqiz8t1j5000thttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.szp.lol/notes/amdmqiz8t1j5000tSun, 17 May 2026 17:45:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:15:46 GMT]]>@cabel I guess you could have a queue without a line? Like in a take-a-number system at a deli?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/jsit/statuses/116591043985676960https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.coop/users/jsit/statuses/116591043985676960Sun, 17 May 2026 17:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 17:01:03 GMT]]>@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”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hoemma/statuses/116590986091537482https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hoemma/statuses/116590986091537482Sun, 17 May 2026 17:01:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:41:17 GMT]]>@tal @jblake @cabel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo I was going to post that but I replied too much already 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dystopianpresent.club/users/jasper/statuses/116590908375382483https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dystopianpresent.club/users/jasper/statuses/116590908375382483Sun, 17 May 2026 16:41:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:36:49 GMT]]>@cabel both redundant and unnecessary

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tal/statuses/116590890780239623https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tal/statuses/116590890780239623Sun, 17 May 2026 16:36:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:35:18 GMT]]>@jasper @jblake @cabel on your way up Torpen Hill

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tal/statuses/116590884821199667https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tal/statuses/116590884821199667Sun, 17 May 2026 16:35:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:43 GMT]]>@cabel like atm machine.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/SarraceniaWilds/statuses/116590878632125596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/SarraceniaWilds/statuses/116590878632125596Sun, 17 May 2026 16:33:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:31:02 GMT]]>@cabel no no, a queue line is a 2D array

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Cykelero/statuses/116590868101545140https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Cykelero/statuses/116590868101545140Sun, 17 May 2026 16:31:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:30:03 GMT]]>@cabel it’s a queue of queues

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/timonus/statuses/116590864186485379https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/timonus/statuses/116590864186485379Sun, 17 May 2026 16:30:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:27:41 GMT]]>@jblake @cabel dip your naan bread in it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dystopianpresent.club/users/jasper/statuses/116590854906879602https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dystopianpresent.club/users/jasper/statuses/116590854906879602Sun, 17 May 2026 16:27:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:25:40 GMT]]>@cabel I usually only see this in the use of acronyms. That's nails on a chalkboard, right there.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Zamnight/statuses/116590846996530544https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Zamnight/statuses/116590846996530544Sun, 17 May 2026 16:25:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:25:37 GMT]]>@cabel While waiting in the queue line, a chai tea hits different.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jblake/statuses/116590846754363240https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jblake/statuses/116590846754363240Sun, 17 May 2026 16:25:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:25:02 GMT]]>@cabel see because “queue line” is perfectly compatible with *both* British English and American English. the problem has been solved!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hci.social/users/jmissig/statuses/116590844456188205https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hci.social/users/jmissig/statuses/116590844456188205Sun, 17 May 2026 16:25:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:23:31 GMT]]>@cabel It's a line for queueing, duh.

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/thomastc/statuses/116590838533002793https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/thomastc/statuses/116590838533002793Sun, 17 May 2026 16:23:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:23:23 GMT]]>@cabel bringing all the wins of CRLF to English

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hci.social/users/jmissig/statuses/116590837970618029https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hci.social/users/jmissig/statuses/116590837970618029Sun, 17 May 2026 16:23:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:22:53 GMT]]>@cabel See also, tautological place names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://typo.social/users/blag/statuses/116590836039854955https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://typo.social/users/blag/statuses/116590836039854955Sun, 17 May 2026 16:22:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:18:23 GMT]]>@cabel is the queue line for the ATM machine? Don't forget your PIN number.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dystopianpresent.club/users/jasper/statuses/116590818315139625https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dystopianpresent.club/users/jasper/statuses/116590818315139625Sun, 17 May 2026 16:18:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to i know language shifts over time but i am being tormented by a new discovery: "queue line". on Sun, 17 May 2026 16:18:03 GMT]]>@cabel I would say that was a compromise invention, so that both Brits and Yanks will be able to understand?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LillyHerself/statuses/116590816988431042https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LillyHerself/statuses/116590816988431042Sun, 17 May 2026 16:18:03 GMT