People: It’s spelled barbecue
DLC of the always entertaining KC Lunch Spots recently held a poll asking readers to vote for their favored spelling of the word barbecue…or is that barbeque or bbq?
Just as there’s not one dominant version of barbecue, there’s not one dominant version of its correct spelling. As DLC notes, no less of an authority than the Oxford English Dictionary lists four different spellings and as shown above, Lay’s Potato Chips have used at least threespellings in the past few years. Even though Kansas Citians can agree on a general style of sauce, we can’t agree on spelling.
For example:
