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Quay is traditionally pronounced as 'key' in Australia, as in Circular Quay it is pronounced "Circular Key". "kway" is an americanisation added later. Previous comment suggested that quay is pronounced as "kway", responses below add to the idea that comment is entirely incorrect:
Heron Island, Australia. A cay (/ ˈ k iː, ˈ k eɪ / KEE), also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef.Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, including in the Caribbean and on the Great Barrier Reef and Belize Barrier Reef.
Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping terminal, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern edge of the Sydney central business district on Sydney Cove, between Bennelong Point and The Rocks.
The trap-bath split is a regional variable in Australia, with the PALM vowel /aː/ being more common in South Australia than elsewhere. This is due to the fact that that state was settled later than the rest of Australia, when the lengthened pronunciation was already a feature of London speech.
Milk, for example, in South Australia has a vocalised /l/, leading to the pronunciation [mɪʊ̯k], whereas in other states the /l/ is pronounced as a consonant. [34] Salary–celery merger. In Victoria, many speakers pronounce /æ/ and /e/ in a way that is distinct from speakers in other states.
A quay, or wharf, is a structure on ... Quay (restaurant), in Sydney, Australia; Quay, ... Cay, a small island on the surface of a coral reef; Quaye, a surname
(The same pronunciation applies in Narragansett, where you'll find the name on a street near the beach and at a farm-turned-nature preserve. Conanicut The town of Jamestown is located on an island ...
The languages of Australia are the major historic and current languages used in Australia and its offshore islands. Over 250 Australian Aboriginal languages are thought to have existed at the time of first European contact. [1] English is the majority language of Australia today.