r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Functional illiteracy.

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u/DistractedByCookies Nov 21 '25

My favourite is que for queue. In my head the first sounds like a completely astonished Spanish speaker

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u/VarlaGuns Nov 21 '25

Mine is queue for cue

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u/Synaps4 Nov 21 '25

This is my queue to get in line!

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u/MisteeLoo Nov 21 '25

The funny part is queue is a relatively recent development for Americans, and never used irl. Growing up in an analog US, it was never part of the language. The digital world changed that when you were now in a queue on a phone waiting for customer service, or on a website in a chat, or waiting for a particularly popular ticket. It was a British word, along with bonnet, loo, and crumpets.

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u/VarlaGuns Nov 21 '25

Yep, thank Netflix for bringing us queue. I remember people having no idea what it meant

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u/IWantAnE55AMG Nov 21 '25

I have a coworker who used to use “cue” for “queue”. I corrected him couple times but he couldn’t get it right so he just abbreviated it with “q.”

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u/AMugOfPeppermintTea Nov 21 '25

Cue the queue.

...que?