How do you pronounce "que" ?

[Robo]

The word "Queue." So interesting. Additional letters that aren't needed or even pronounced, used as a noun and an adjective. Sheesh.

Well, that's because "Queue" is a distinct WORD with a distinct meaning in our language.

English is full of incongruities.

Bee is not spelled "b".
Sea is not spelled "c".
Eye is not spelled "i".
Tea is not spelled "t".

Through is pronounced as "thru".
Rough is pronounced as "Ruff".

Eight is pronounced like the word "ate", but they have different meanings.
"Queue" is pronounced like the word "cue", but they have different meanings.

Its a difficult language... and then there is Chinese.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

Well then, what the heck is a "half farthing?"

 

[momrek06]

I say "Q" for queque


I say "KEY" for Cay


I say "IN" line not on


But I will not even get stahted because I am from Boston and well I am very pahtial to the accent heah but it is tough for many not from the area to even undeAstand us Bostonians.


BTW: I have been to WDW many times and it seems to me that that is where I first heard them using "QUEQUE" for IN LINE... why did WDW do that to begin with...why not just tell us to "get in line"...PERIOD!!! Why did they and do they use the word queque?

 

[dis-happy]

Well then, what the heck is a "half farthing?"

And while we're discussing the mysteries of lexicon, could someone please explain to me how/why the Quiet Pool has morphed into something called the "Quite Pool" in about half the DIS postings???

 

[Mortlives]

And while we're discussing the mysteries of lexicon, could someone please explain to me how/why the Quiet Pool has morphed into something called the "Quite Pool" in about half the DIS postings???

Not to mention the "Dinning Plan".

 

[Secondgradememories]

Not to mention the "Dinning Plan".

Oh you warm the heart of this English major! Now if I could only rid the world of it's for its...

 

[Ride Junkie]

I noticed somebody else in the first page of the this thread also mentioned the spanish word Que is prounounced cay. That is actually the native english speaker accented way of pronouncing it. Native spanish speakers pronounce it as more like "keh" swallowing the hard k sound a bit. In other words, the e sounds more like the e in bed and not the a in stay.

Thank you! "keh" is definitely a better spelling of the pronunciation. I was trying to picture someone pronouncing "Que?" as "Kay?", and I just kept picturing Larry the Cable Guy...

Here in Cali, we definitely hear "que" pronounced "keh".

 

[SnwflkCts]

Now that we are done learning how to spell and pronounce queue ... are we ready to take on 'Ohana??? Not O'hana -- do not confuse Polynesians with the Irish!!!

(And yes, I probably spelled it as O'hana once - or twice - too! )

Fun thread --

 

[mattsdragon]

amazingly, everyone else is wrong. . .it's pronounced "el"

 

[hmmchowell]

"You say potayto, I say potahto, you say tomayto, and I say tomahto!!....."
LOL LOL

 

[MyGoofy26]

Some of you may have heard this before, but I'll ignore the history lesson of this argument and give the short version. Basically, the English language makes such little sense that, using various spellings of sounds, you could spell the word "fish" as "ghoti"

Breaking it down:
gh (as in the word "tough") = F
o (as in the word "women") = I
ti (as in any word ending in "-tion") = SH

 

[dgaston]

All of my petty peeves in one place it's and its, 'Ohana, dinning, and let me add some more -- site for location, sight for vision, and cite for references! Aren't we picky?

 

[El Tel]

The word "Queue." So interesting. Additional letters that aren't needed or even pronounced, used as a noun and an adjective. Sheesh.

Weird, I agree. It's one of those french words we latched onto at some point - we are good at picking up words - especially ones that break all the rules of grammar and pronounciation.

The French got it from the latin 'cauda' which I think means a tail.

 

[all4disney98]

But I will not even get stahted because I am from Boston and well I am very pahtial to the accent heah but it is tough for many not from the area to even undeAstand us Bostonians.

My Mom is from Boston too, and growing up I would always crack up everytime she wanted a drink of "soder" instead of soda! My friends were Jennifah, instead of Jennifer! Gotta love it!

 

[monetnj]

Ah, desert and dessert, very confusing. My all time pet peeve is when people refer to a moot point as a mute point. See that on discussion boards all the time.

 

[SyracuseWolvrine]

now, my real question is ... can you take a cue with you when you queue to cross the bridge over the kwai to get to the cay?

 

[js]

My DD and I were talking about our upcoming trip to WDW. My DD mentioned something about the lines and pronounced this word as you would say the letter "Q". I corrrected her (as I am the Mom ) and said it was pronounced like "qui" rhymes with the word "we". She says "no" it is pronounced like the letter "Q". Who wants to settle this debate? Thanks.

Hi! I'm the dd and all I have to say is

 

[Robo]

now, my real question is ... can you take a cue with you when you queue to cross the bridge over the kwai to get to the cay...

...in Spine styes minely in the pline.

I think he's lost it.
By George, he's lost it!

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Hey I have my masters in tas and I am queuing all the time.
And I always felt the word is just horrid.

 

[rosiejo]

Great thread!

It is funny the way that the "English" language and particularly pronunciation can confuse.

My friend once bumped into some Australians at a train station who asked which train went to Loo ga ba roo ga.

She was very confused - until they showed her a piece of paper with the place name on- they wanted to travel to Loughborough - pronounced Luff ber er or Luff brer (as in ryhmes with Cuff and the end of labourer)