On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 05:27:55PM +0100, Morten Brørup wrote: > > From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richard...@intel.com] > > Sent: Friday, 7 January 2022 16.29 > > > > On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 03:58:27PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 07/01/2022 12:23, Bruce Richardson: > > > > On Thu, Jan 06, 2022 at 05:52:49PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > 29/11/2021 17:08, Josh Soref: > > > > > > - * dequeueing once we've filled up the queue, we have > > to benchmark it > > > > > > + * dequeuing once we've filled up the queue, we have to > > benchmark it > > > > > > > > > > I think "dequeueing" is correct. > > > > > > > > > Well, we have "queue" and "queuing" so therefore I would expect the > > "e" to > > > > be similarly dropped from the "dequeue" version. > > > > > > When looking on Internet, queueing is preffered over queuing. > > > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/queueing > > > https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/60852/queueing-or- > > queuing > > > Best justification: five vowels in a row! > > > > > > Why English people cannot agree on how to write words? > > Because they have two different dictionaries: US English and British English. > E.g. "color" is correct in one territory, while "colour" is correct in > another territory. > > > > > Being Irish, I'm not sure I can answer that! :-) > > > > My preference here is the shorter "queuing" version suggested, and it > > was > > what dictionary.com suggested under "queue" entry. My preference is > > largely > > based on consistency with other words which end in "ue": > > "argue" -> "arguing", "accrue" -> "accruing". > > Being somewhat a language nerd, I would like to know your opinions about > "aging" vs. "ageing", in the context of timing out obsolete entries in e.g. a > MAC table? > > Or is "ageing" an action, and "aging" a state? > This is all starting to make my head hurt, because everything is so irregular! In this case I would have tended toward ageing with the "e", and from some quick googling, it appears that this is the more common spelling outside north america. However, unlike queuing, I really don't have strong feelings about the spelling of ag(e)ing. [On the other hand, given my current age, I have very strong feelings of dislike about the concept of ageing itself! :-)]
/Bruce
