Is it really that difficult!!!

Why does someone not publish a word (which makes sense) starting with ‘Q’ and not followed by ‘u’. Who started this trend???

I searched under “Q followed by U” and came up with this:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=46487

Also, there are a few words (important in Scrabble :slight_smile: ) that contain a q with no u following, not to mention the country Qatar.