Talk:Quay
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This page was placed on Votes for Deletion in July 2004. Consensus was to keep; view discussion at /Delete.
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[edit] Word is definitely used.
I recently took a trip to Ireland with friends. They kept pronouncing the word "Key". It is used all over Ireland. I came from Florida and had only heard the word pronounced "Kway". Interesting since there are so many "Keys" down there! I checked here to see the correct way of pronounciation and was glad the word was on Wikipedia.
Should this really be here, or is it more appropriate for Wiktionary? Tallasse 17:42, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
I removed the reference to Jan de Quay because there does not seem to be a connection. The name of this person is pronounced 'Kwaai' (which is a bastardisation of 'the angry one' in Dutch -- people had a strange sense of humor when Napoleon forced everyone to pick a last name). It has nothing to do with the English word 'quay' or the Dutch equivalent 'kade'. ChimpanseeWithTypewriter 21:51, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Word Not Existing?
I looked this word up in the dictionary. It wasn't in there, and the copyright is very recent. Is the word "quay" now "extinct"? IF so, this page has no purpose. Hopefully, I am wrong, and I didn't see it. But "quay" is no longer exsiting in my dictionary (Hopefully)
Looked again, no "quay". Might want to consider removal.
The word quay is used in a modern context in Sydney at Circular Quay. I see no reason to remove the entry. --60.225.0.88 11:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
It's in my Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, and I think it's in the OED.
[edit] Pronunciation?
Here in England (where the word is quite common; I was very surprised to see the "extinct?" comment above), I've only ever heard it pronounced as "key", never to rhyme with "way". I don't know about other uses, of course. I also note that quayside links to a specific place in Newcastle; other editors might want to be aware of that, as there are lots of other places where it might be used! Loganberry (Talk) 12:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
- I second that. I've even heard it from school that it is pronounced "key" --antilivedT | C | G 07:22, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
There are actually three proper pronounciations of quay: "Key," "Kay," and "Kway." Quay is definately a word, but this article either needs to be expanded or the wiktionary entry should suffice. Benastan 6:58PM, 8 February 2006 (EST)
