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Old 18th October 2008, 05:15 PM
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Toowoomba:
R1. 1 Que WON $3.0w$2.4plNSW
the commentator continued to pronounce this horse's name as "kew" and I can assure him that the spelling: "queue" is the correct pronunciation and "que" is pronounced "kay" as "Manuel" used to say.
Refer to the Oxford dictionary mate!
The government is trying to improve spelling and public speaking aptitude/standards and this irritating anomaly continues.....!
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