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| ▲ | gnabgib 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's pronounced keɪ (from your link - The spelling quay, first appearing in the sixteenth century, follows modern French. As noted by the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition, the expected outcome of Middle English keye would be /keɪ/ in Modern English). Or key (with modern spelling). |
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| ▲ | jschorr 3 days ago | parent [-] | | We actually originally pronounced it as "kway" (the American pronunciation we had heard) but then had a saying we'd tell customers (when asked) of "pronounce it however you please, so long as you're happy using it!" :) Source: I co-founded Quay.io | | |
| ▲ | cyberax 2 days ago | parent [-] | | A tongue twister we accidentally invented: "quick Quay queue counter" :) So far, spelling has been our worst issue with Quay! |
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| ▲ | viraptor 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I know quay is a real word - it's not normally pronounced like "kway" but like "key". But only because enough people agree on that - that's what I mean by made up. The rules are just a majority agreement for both meaning and pronunciation. |
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| ▲ | seemaze 3 days ago | parent [-] | | My french speaking partner recently informed me the quay (pronounced key) meant something like ‘dock’ when we were discussing the Florida Keys, and suddenly everything fell into place! |
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| ▲ | reassess_blind 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Pronounced "key". The main ferry dock in Sydney is called Circular Quay. |
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