Barbecue

That is certainly true according to this very good, well researched and balanced article:

amazingribs.com/BBQ_articles/barbecue_defined.html

Perhaps we should just go Aussie and call it a barbie and avoid the question altogether.

It's not a French word, it comes from Spanish "barbacoa", which in turn probably comes from the Carribean. The French don't spell it with q either.

I have S. African friends who always call a barbecue a braai . I think it translates from Afrikaans as 'roast'.

My spelling is verging on awful, but I do try.

Please excuse any misdemeanours.

Took me 3 tries to spell please.

I've been told that a bbq should be called a braai.

adaunas, there is no reason why 'barbeque' should not be pronounced with a Q sound, as in 'queue'.
JackyB, I'd never heard of that before but it makes perfect sense. Thanks!

I thought it came from the French "Barbe à queue" - i.e. the whole animal from snout to tail is cooked on the spit at once. That is why it's spelt Barbeque.

Word not wind!