Or if you are This Particular American, you use the word “queue” several times a day, in reference to our online holding pen for invoices/expense reports. I believe we are to call it a “worklist,” but none of us do. SO THERE. ;) 

icedwhitemocha:

dear lovely fic writers,

the only times americans are likely to talk about a queue is if they’re talking about netflix or tumblr

it’s a line

regards,
an american

  1. foreignspell reblogged this from icedwhitemocha and added:
    Or if you are This Particular American, you use the word “queue” several times a day, in reference to our online holding...
  2. greenteafrog reblogged this from icedwhitemocha and added:
    And if you’re dealing with telemarketers or on hold with a phone company or something like that. They call that being in...
  3. killerqueen-80 said: And we say “Take out” not “Take away” and we say “call” not “ring” and “flashlight” not “torch” and “sweater” not “jumper”. And many many more.
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    I refer you to the “chocolate biscuits” incident of 2011. A fic called for Kurt to make chocolate biscuits to which I...
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  7. fashioncatdftba reblogged this from icedwhitemocha and added:
    I’ve actually been to a few places (local theme parks come to mind) in America where “queue” is used. But yeah, “line”...
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  9. tiredofstayingincontrol reblogged this from icedwhitemocha and added:
    I need an American to read over any/all Glee fics I write… oh dear.
  10. icedwhitemocha reblogged this from fictocriticism and added:
    which is a perfectly valid approach! but on the other hand, that’s a different issue altogether. i would never complain...
  11. fictocriticism reblogged this from icedwhitemocha and added:
    Laughing just a little at this - not because I don’t agree (although to a limit), but because I experience this on a...
  12. lsklainegleek said: YES! Thank you. And it’s an apartment, NOT a flat. And it’s a trunk, NOT a boot. Cabinet, not cupboard. MOM, not mum. Sweater, not jumper. Sunglasses, not sunnies.
  13. anelfisfinetoo said: I still laugh about the whole torch/flashlight deal.
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  15. ice-creamcastle said: I didn’t know about the queue/line! (I’m not a writer but it’s always interesting to know)
  16. missscarlett21 said: I try REALLY hard to overlook little things like that sometimes, but ugh it gets old and if it happens too often I totally get removed from the narrative. I think the times are the hardest to deal “Half Five”? It’s Five Thirty!!
  17. fallovermelikestars said: haha. these are the THINGS that it’s so hard to stop from slipping through when american is what you are not. Slippery little suckers ;)
  18. bespectacledcolfer said: I’ve begun saying “in queue” in my head—I’m Canadian originally. I think it’s all the fic-reading… If I start saying “boot” for “trunk” I’ll need a Britishism intervention.
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