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How to pronounce Quay: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2018/04/cay-key-quay.html https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2018/04/cay-key-quay.html Edit: I called

How to pronounce Quay: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2018/04/cay-key-quay.html https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2018/04/cay-key-quay.html Edit: I called it Kway myself and googled it after getting puzzled looks from my UK peers. The referenced article says "key" is the older pronunciation but either is acceptable.

crb 7y ago
The "most correct" pronunciation of Quay is "key", as that link says, but the CoreOS team always pronounced it "kway". (I assume this has carried through to Red Hat.)
- catalogia 7y ago
  Kway makes more intuitive sense to me; it's like the word quail.
  - ska 7y ago
    But this is also a word in common usage, and it already has a pronunciation: "key". English is not a good place to go if you are looking for intuitive pronunciation.
    - sturadnidge 7y ago
      Nor consistency of pronunciation. Schedule / School is another good one if you’re in the UK.
      - petepete 7y ago
        And Nippl-e https://youtu.be/hNoS2BU6bbQ https://youtu.be/hNoS2BU6bbQ
    - kube-system 7y ago
      Merriam-Webster lists ˈkwā as valid, and Cambridge lists kweɪ under an 'American Dictionary' subsection.
  - kube-system 7y ago
    Mmmm, quail salad: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Boerenkool.jpg/1200px-Boerenkool.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Bo...
- SEJeff 7y ago
  I asked Brandon Phillips (Then CoreOS CTO) on a call how they said it. He was quite frank it was pronounced "kway" and not "key", much to the chagrin of our Aussie coworker who still calls it "key". I've called it "kway" since.
  - philips 7y ago
    Yes, the team calls it kway. However, when I worked at SUSE a running joke was: as long as you love using it we don't care how you pronounce it.
    - crtlaltdel 7y ago
      "You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis & Cathy Lee; I don't care! Just as long as you call me" - @RuPaul
      - chrissnell 7y ago
        RuPaul cribbed that one from Bill Saluga's Raymond J. Johnson Jr. character. Saluga basically made an entire career out of this stupid spiel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Saluga https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Saluga
  - rodgerd 7y ago
    Does he also visit the Florida Kways?
    - awalton 7y ago
      Florida's cay/quays/keys are just called Keys (presumably to short circuit this madness): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys
jschorr 7y ago
I've always pronounced it "kway" but so long as its being used, I'm fine with any of the pronunciations :) Disclaimer: Named, cofounded, and now engineering lead of Quay
unfunco 7y ago
I'm from the UK and when I first moved to London I pronounced Surrey Quays Surrey Kways until I was corrected, I pronounced Torquay and Newquay correctly but it never occurred to me to pronounce Surrey Kways Surrey Quays.
Havoc 7y ago
I live in a housing development with Quay in the name. Very quickly learned that "KEE"/"KEY" is that only thing that won't get you sideways glances
polski-g 7y ago
I think its "kway" as well. It sounds more soothing.

crb 7y ago

The "most correct" pronunciation of Quay is "key", as that link says, but the CoreOS team always pronounced it "kway". (I assume this has carried through to Red Hat.)

catalogia 7y ago
Kway makes more intuitive sense to me; it's like the word quail.
- ska 7y ago
  But this is also a word in common usage, and it already has a pronunciation: "key". English is not a good place to go if you are looking for intuitive pronunciation.
  - sturadnidge 7y ago
    Nor consistency of pronunciation. Schedule / School is another good one if you’re in the UK.
    - petepete 7y ago
      And Nippl-e https://youtu.be/hNoS2BU6bbQ https://youtu.be/hNoS2BU6bbQ
  - kube-system 7y ago
    Merriam-Webster lists ˈkwā as valid, and Cambridge lists kweɪ under an 'American Dictionary' subsection.
- kube-system 7y ago
  Mmmm, quail salad: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Boerenkool.jpg/1200px-Boerenkool.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Bo...
SEJeff 7y ago
I asked Brandon Phillips (Then CoreOS CTO) on a call how they said it. He was quite frank it was pronounced "kway" and not "key", much to the chagrin of our Aussie coworker who still calls it "key". I've called it "kway" since.
- philips 7y ago
  Yes, the team calls it kway. However, when I worked at SUSE a running joke was: as long as you love using it we don't care how you pronounce it.
  - crtlaltdel 7y ago
    "You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis & Cathy Lee; I don't care! Just as long as you call me" - @RuPaul
    - chrissnell 7y ago
      RuPaul cribbed that one from Bill Saluga's Raymond J. Johnson Jr. character. Saluga basically made an entire career out of this stupid spiel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Saluga https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Saluga
- rodgerd 7y ago
  Does he also visit the Florida Kways?
  - awalton 7y ago
    Florida's cay/quays/keys are just called Keys (presumably to short circuit this madness): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys

jschorr 7y ago

I've always pronounced it "kway" but so long as its being used, I'm fine with any of the pronunciations :) Disclaimer: Named, cofounded, and now engineering lead of Quay

unfunco 7y ago

I'm from the UK and when I first moved to London I pronounced Surrey Quays Surrey Kways until I was corrected, I pronounced Torquay and Newquay correctly but it never occurred to me to pronounce Surrey Kways Surrey Quays.

Havoc 7y ago

I live in a housing development with Quay in the name. Very quickly learned that "KEE"/"KEY" is that only thing that won't get you sideways glances

polski-g 7y ago

I think its "kway" as well. It sounds more soothing.