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Originally Posted by Catlady
What's peculiar about it? "Qu" is usually pronounced "kw."
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It's peculiar because it's assigning a false etymology to the word. As I said in my previous post, words that are pronounced "kw" in English were once spelt that way in Middle English. "Quay", however, does not originate from Middle English but from Mediaeval French and, as you know, "qu" is just a "k" sound in French; no "w".