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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 Re

by 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

by 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