That's right - it's the French for "tail". In the UK we also use it for what 
Americans call "standing in line".

Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22/03/2006 19:30 >>>
 
In a message dated 3/22/2006 2:15:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

I seem  to recall "queue" 


That's the word! No wonder I couldn't remember how to spell it...it has 3  
different letters and 2 of them repeat in the same order....right after each  
other!
 
:-P
 
Yes, in school we called a man's  18th century wig with a pony tail a  "queue 
wig"....and the bag a "queue bag".
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