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You can tell a lot about the state of a nation by observing its queueing habits, writes columnist Peter Edgerton

Peter Edgerton

Malaga

Friday, 10 January 2025, 14:50

'Queueing' is a word that must be infinitely baffling for anyone trying to learn English as a foreign language. The correct pronunciation is, of ... course, 'kyooing' but, let's face it, if you were coming across it for the first time it could be anything from 'kweng' to 'kyeng' via 'kwurng' and any number of variations thereof. It really is a lovely word, though - both aesthetically pleasing and also representative of all that's right within society. You can tell a lot about the state of a nation by observing its queueing habits.

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