To say the word is CUE and if you don’t know that then why not use a different word?

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So many people on here want to use the word “cue” as in “cue DS throwing his toys out of the pram.” People seem to want to use this phrase much more often in writing here than I would hear people use it in real life.

But why use a word when you don’t understand what the word is or how to spell it?

I’ve seen so many different versions in posts on MN - “queue,” “Q”and just now “qué,” which is the most ridiculous yet.

AIBU to say the word you are looking for is “CUE” and if you are not sure then maybe use a different phrase?

Old enough for this discussion to "cue" Manuel for me 😁

It's not correct usage if they're spelling it "queue" or "qué" - that's what OP is complaining about

No, it’s fine. OP is saying ‘the word you want is cue’ in the sense of ‘the word you are looking for is cue’. The point she was making is clear to me.

I think either would do.

I'd rather posters use cue incorrectly than spell queue incorrectly.

And me. Some people overreach themselves quite embarrassingly in their attempts to be clever. Sad.

Yes you’re right. That’s called semantics but I still had the wrong words or spellings being used

It would be nice if they could do both though!

Also, “qué” is not correct either way, and was what prompted my post.

Because people don't know what they don't know. They're not unsure or confused they think they're using it correctly. You are angry that some people don't know something, bit harsh.

You need to learn to keep your unsolicited spelling lesson to yourself OP, and perhaps spend a little more time focusing on your own self-improvement for example learning manners?

Genuinely not trying to be clever. I really didn’t get the point the OP was making. But I’m Scottish and we don’t tend to say “you want to be doing that”….. type of thing. We would just say “you should be doing ….”

Que seems to be the popular choice for queue. Eventually it will become the norm.

YANBU.

Also people saying "I was led on the bed" when they presumably mean laid but can't grasp basic english.

Yes, I think you could be right about that! In my lifetime, various words have gradually changed their meaning or have taken on new meanings, so it's highly likely that many will change their spelling too. So many people will be repeating the error that the error will become the norm.
I see "que" used instead of "queue" all the time. It will soon become an acceptable alternative spelling, I'm sure.

Seriously? Are you sure you didn't just misread the initial post like several others did?

*I’ve seen so many different versions in posts on MN - “queue,” “Q”and just now “qué,” which is the most ridiculous yet.

AIBU to say the word you are looking for is “CUE” and if you are not sure then maybe use a different phrase?*

I mean, surely Scottish English is not so different that the above two sentences didn't give you some context clues?

Yes, I tend to agree with this.

You learn this stuff by reading. A lot of people don't read much, and what they do read is social media, which is rife with errors, of course. So the errors are perpetuated.

I forget the figures, but there's a surprising percentage of the population with a surprisingly low reading age. It's not a moral failing. I can spell practically anything because I was a hyperlexic child of two highly educated parents who valued reading and provided endless books. Not everyone has that. There are still many better and nicer people than me out there, doing valuable jobs that I could never do 🤷‍♀️

Perhaps the poster was from Barcelona? 😂

YANBU @UnsolicitedOpinions. I try and not correct because I know people don't like it. IMO it's what leads to professional/corporate documents and adverts etc. being absolutely appallingly worded because people don't know and also don't want to be corrected.

@Blanketsburg

I forget the figures, but there's a surprising percentage of the population with a surprisingly low reading age

The average literacy age of the UK adult population is 12, which is pretty fucking terrible.

Qué made me smile. Still chuckling now. We need life's idiosyncrasies to make the world go round. Just leave it OP, have a little internal laugh... and move on.

But OP also states “People seem to want to use this phrase much more often in writing here than I would hear people use it in real life.”

to me, saying someone “wants” to use a phrase means they are using the phrase. If I “want” to do something, I generally do it. So it reads to me as people are using this phrase because they want to. Not that they are using “queue/que” despite “wanting” to use “cue”.

maybe it’s just me 🫤

You need to post this on Pedants corner.

It makes me wince a bit too, but who knows....someone speed typing, someone with dyslexia, someone for whom English isn't their first language, someone with a low IQ, someone with little education.

I am an editor by profession so it would get fixed before publication in one of our journals. This is MN, so it doesn't matter.

I don’t really think I need to learn manners. I deliberately did not post this on the thread with the error on and try to make a fool out of somebody.

I haven’t made a direct personal comment about someone, unlike you…

This 100%.

I'm not english native speaker and I've never even heard/read the 'cue' word in any context, but don't think there's a point of being annoyed at someone incorrectly using a word, or its spelling. There's plenty of these out there like 'should of', 'chest of draws' or 'sandles'.
It's also weird to me that adults don't know how to write in their own language, but as pp noticed, not everyone has the same education, and not everyone even cares.
Btw: word 'queue', totally doesn't make any sense when learning english. But there's quite a few out there like that.