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You and I pronounce 'quay' very differently.
How do you pronounce it? I had some American tourists ask me for directions to the "kway" before. Only time I've ever heard a different pronunciation.
I've always heard it pronounced kway... Is that wrong?
I can't say really. Where I live (Ireland) it's definitely pronounced "kee" but where you live "kway" might be correct. Fascinating stuff!
That's wrong, even in the US.
It's pronounced kway in a Pavement song.
It's pronounced "kaye" in a Pogues song, but songs aren't a good indication of pronunciation...poetic license reigns.
Hell, "reigns" is another candidate word.