I just wanna know what the q stands for i know the barbie is like a grill thing that people in australia say.
2007-02-27 13:40:40 · 6 answers · asked by chelsie 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Barbecue comes from an Arawak word,barbacoa, which means a raised platform of sticks.Barbie and BBQ are abbreviations.
2007-02-27 13:48:51 · answer #1 · answered by kevin k 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, this took a few minutes. The Aussies would call it a barbie as all english is sometimes called broken english but, here in the states, it is a southern term related to establishments "Bar" "Beer"& "Cues"(pool). Hence, over time it was broken down to barbecue. The "Q" in Aussie form is of unknown origin. Perhaps over times of travel from one country to the next "Q" was probably shortened from "cue".
2007-02-27 14:10:36 · answer #2 · answered by ibithedust 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barbecue, (also spelled barbeque, or abbreviated BBQ) is a method of cooking food with the radiant heat and/or hot gasses of a fire, the cooking of food in a sauce that includes vinegar, the end-result of cooking by one of these methods, or a party that includes such food. Barbecue is usually cooked in a covered environment heated by an outdoor open flame of wood, charcoal, natural gas or propane.
Q is for "cue" in Barbecue
2007-02-27 13:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word derives from an Arawakan word for a wooden meat-drying appliance. Here's a good account of the origin of the word at World Wide Words: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-bar1.htm
BBQ is just a typical English contraction...
2007-02-27 14:49:56 · answer #4 · answered by mister science 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barbecue becomes BBQ when lazy people write.
2007-02-27 13:45:48 · answer #5 · answered by I'm Not 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shortcut; sounds like cue.
2007-02-27 13:48:07 · answer #6 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋