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>queue ...aeons ago, mixing up cue and queue would have been considered an eggcorn. [0] Nowadays, however, "queue" is perfectly cromulent to use in this idiom:
by revolvingocelot 4y ago
>queue
...aeons ago, mixing up cue and queue would have been considered an eggcorn. [0] Nowadays, however, "queue" is perfectly cromulent to use in this idiom: the first Opium War has been added to the end of the playlist, and will soon commence.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn
- Hayvok 4y agoThanks for writing this (and teaching me what an eggcorn is) - it made me laugh. However, I think I'll chalk my use of "queue" rather than "cue" to it being 1 AM when I wrote the comment. :)
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