Must You Join the Queue?

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

One of the most enduring pieces of orthographic folklore is the assertion that the letter Q in a word is always followed by the letter U. The staunchest defenders of this rule are unruffled by the counterexample Iraq, for this is a foreign proper name and not a genuine English word; similarly, they quickly dismiss Qantas (an Australian airline) and Qiana (a synthetic fabric) as tradenames designed to attract notice.

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (1976) "Must You Join the Queue?," Word Ways: Vol. 9 : Iss. 2 , Article 16.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol9/iss2/16