Barbecue vs. barbeque vs. BBQ
Friday, July 31st, 2009Ah, summer. Gotta love all the food that seems to go so well with summer’s rising temperatures. Take, for instance, BBQ.
Or is it barbeque? Or bar-b-que? Or barbecue?
It’s not quite as sticky a situation as it may first appear.
I just verified the answer in the trusty AP Stylebook, and it states, plain as a pulled-pork stain: barbecue.
Run, Wilbur, run
No q, no abbreviation (although if you’ve already spent the money on the big neon sign — with the wrong spelling — and it’s been attracting patrons for years on end, then by all means, don’t worry about changing the sign).
Happy trails!
SAK
