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Which spelling is better, queueing or queuing? Both words seem to mean the same, but there are two different spellings. My context is:

Queueing Latency

versus

Queuing Latency

If both spellings are applicable, when do I use which one of them?

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    The shorter spelling has rapidly taken the ascendancy in recent decades, and I don't think this is particularly a US or UK thing, so I'd advise going with it if you want to seem more up-to-date. – FumbleFingers Mar 12 '12 at 13:13
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    You have to use Queueing as it is the word with the longest consecutive use of vowels. –  Sep 17 '13 at 23:38
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    I know! Doesnt the 'ueuei' fascinate you?! – mikhailcazi Sep 18 '13 at 11:58
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    The longer form is preferred. – Anssssss Nov 08 '13 at 16:28
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    At MIT, I was taught that the MIT spelling is "queueing"---after all who can resist a word with five vowels in a row. –  Jul 23 '14 at 02:09
  • @user52278 It isn't the longest consecutive use of vowels though. That is 'euouae' which has the added bonus of being the longest word consisting entirely of vowels. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euouae. Although a mnemonic, it is a valid Scrabble word and is in some dictionaries. – darrenp Apr 09 '15 at 10:19
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    @darrenp I would hardly count an ancient Latin abbreviation nobody has ever heard of as a more valid record holder than a word I say on a somewhat regular basis (i.e. "queueing"). Obscure pun intended. – Dan Jul 16 '15 at 18:19
  • @Dan I completely agree that if you are only counting words that are in common usage then 'queueing' is an excellent example and presumably the record. But that wasn't what user52278 claimed. They said it is 'the' word with the longest consecutive use of vowels. ;-) – darrenp Jul 17 '15 at 15:18
  • @user52278's comment is the correct answer – Vix Apr 22 '17 at 12:18
  • Other common(ish) words with 5 consecutive vowels: "miaoued" (and "miaouing") and "cooeeing". – Toby Speight May 22 '17 at 16:33
  • Note that there are going to be people (how many?) who spell it cueing. – John Lawler May 17 '18 at 16:44

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Just in case if anyone is wondering which one is more popular: (Queuing!)

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Bora M. Alper
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Both occur and there's no difference in meaning.

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