Langley Cruisers Posted August 18, 2018 #51 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Holy crap! I didn't realize there are 11 year old threads in CC archives. Last week I saw a 13 year old thread revived on another board. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lottacruises Posted August 18, 2018 #52 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I've been back since that last thread - I made sure I was saying 'key' to appear very knowledgeable but the ship's staff were all saying 'Kay'!:D Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino D Posted August 18, 2018 #53 Share Posted August 18, 2018 From a native Spanish speaker, cay and quay are not Spanish words at all. The Spanish word is cayo (Key West is Cayo Hueso) and it's pronounced CAH-joh (j like in jock). :) This is what I always understood it to be. Oddly, I thought it was pronounce CAH-yoh (y like yes), but that is probably because it is not my native tongue, and I have been mispronouncing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino D Posted August 18, 2018 #54 Share Posted August 18, 2018 AHHHH. I've been gotten again. 9 years gone like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted August 18, 2018 #55 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Don't care if it is old. It was fun to listen to the Australians on our way to Hawaii, before we arrived in High-Low (Hilo) :D:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNBR Posted August 18, 2018 #56 Share Posted August 18, 2018 It's definitely KEY. However, I do not really think anyone cares. Except me... my friends/family say... "Coco KAY" and I quickly interject "Key" and they of course :rolleyes: Yup, 100% "Key". Nobody in the Bahamas says "kay". Which gets me thinking, was someone in marketing at Royal trying to be slick with "Perfect Day at Coco (Kay)", and not realizing that's the wrong pronunciation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseguy1016 Posted August 18, 2018 #57 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Holy crap! I didn't realize there are 11 year old threads in CC archives. There seems to be a lot of resurrections of very old threads lately. I'm surprised that CC has archived them for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hapster85 Posted August 18, 2018 #58 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Yeah, old thread. Lol Anyway, it's totally a matter of preference. From the current promo, it's seems the cruise line prefers a long ā sound. "Perfect Day at Coco Cay". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNBR Posted August 18, 2018 #59 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Yeah, old thread. Lol Anyway, it's totally a matter of preference. From the current promo, it's seems the cruise line prefers a long ā sound. "Perfect Day at Coco Cay". That's what is funny about it. Surely someone in the Royal Caribbean offices must have said "ummm, you do know it's pronounced key, right?" It's like calling Key West, Kay West. It's simply not how the word is pronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rala Posted August 18, 2018 #60 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Thanks for the insight! My first trip to CoCo Cay the tour guide on the jet skis told us the correct pronunciation is "key" but last time we were there the guide on the jet skis said it is "kay." This is after I thought I was wicked smaht saying "key." I prefer "kay" anyway but felt sufficiently like a donkey with 95%+ saying "kay." In the end I just had a ton of CoCo Locos and didn't care what anyone thought. :cool: LOL! Having the coco locos was the wicked smaht paht!!! ;p:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cafabi Posted August 18, 2018 #61 Share Posted August 18, 2018 The "correct" way to pronounce anything, in my opinion, is to pronounce it the way the locals pronounce it. There are hundreds if not thousands of "cays," but every one I've ever been to was pronounced "key" by the locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikew0805 Posted August 18, 2018 #62 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Yup, 100% "Key". Nobody in the Bahamas says "kay". Which gets me thinking, was someone in marketing at Royal trying to be slick with "Perfect Day at Coco (Kay)", and not realizing that's the wrong pronunciation? Yeah you would think there would be some pride in pronouncing it the right way. I think they were going for the "rhyme" as well. Also, their marketing department may be as bright as their IT department, which would explain why they thought it was catchy. :') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mk-ultra Posted August 19, 2018 #63 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Now let's discuss Singapore's Clarke Quay :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNBR Posted August 19, 2018 #64 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Now let's discuss Singapore's Clarke Quay :-) What is there to discuss, Quay = Key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hapster85 Posted August 19, 2018 #65 Share Posted August 19, 2018 What is there to discuss, Quay = Key.Like "cay" it can be pronounced 'kē' or 'kā'. Added bonus, can also be pronounced 'kwā'. [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNBR Posted August 19, 2018 #66 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Like "cay" it can be pronounced 'kē' or 'kā'. Added bonus, can also be pronounced 'kwā'. [emoji6] "Dog" can also be pronounced as "cat"... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare livingonthebeach Posted November 1, 2021 #67 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Living in Fl I've heard of Keys and Cayos but never Cays or Kays. It's the marketing slogan "Perfect Day in Coco Cay" which pronunciation rhymes with Day and Kay is a made up version of a Bahamian Island. It's funny that RCI's FAQ on CocoCay on page 8 states that Cay is pronounced Key: https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Perfect_Day/18062757_Trade_Perfect_Day_FAQs.pdf "How is CocoCay pronounced? CocoCay is pronounced Coco-Key" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soremekun Posted November 1, 2021 #68 Share Posted November 1, 2021 I say Cay. We don't have to pronounce words as they do in other countries. How many of us say "shed-yool" (vs "sked-jool" for the word schedule) as they do in the U.K.? We have our own way of pronouncing words and it's ok. For anyone who wants to be dogmatic, we should then be using English as they do in England and we should ditch the American accent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted November 1, 2021 #69 Share Posted November 1, 2021 A perfect day at Coco key doesn't ring well in my ear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted November 1, 2021 #70 Share Posted November 1, 2021 4 hours ago, soremekun said: I say Cay. We don't have to pronounce words as they do in other countries. How many of us say "shed-yool" (vs "sked-jool" for the word schedule) as they do in the U.K.? We have our own way of pronouncing words and it's ok. For anyone who wants to be dogmatic, we should then be using English as they do in England and we should ditch the American accent. Is there even an American accent? Different parts of the States speak speak with a different accent. Now let me get back to my morning cawfee. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotsauce126 Posted November 1, 2021 #71 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Key is correct but not sure why we bumped a thread the was created during the Bush administration 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted November 1, 2021 #72 Share Posted November 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, hotsauce126 said: Key is correct but not sure why we bumped a thread the was created during the Bush administration Resurrections this old are likely to be rarer as threads over about 7 years are usually archived to read only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare livingonthebeach Posted November 1, 2021 #73 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Iamcruzin said: Is there even an American accent? Different parts of the States speak speak with a different accent. Now let me get back to my morning cawfee. That's correct -- there are probably about as many different American accents as there are States. Even cities within a State sometimes have a different accent. In Florida alone, there is a big difference between South, Southwest, Central, Northeast and Northwest Florida. If you take someone from Miami and someone from the Panhandle, there is a world of difference in the way they talk and the words they use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted November 1, 2021 #74 Share Posted November 1, 2021 On 8/22/2009 at 2:06 AM, mjldvlks said: You all do realize, don't you, that CeeAngel resurrected a two and a half year old thread? Hold my beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted November 1, 2021 #75 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) Note: Pronunciations drift over time. It may have been key for hundreds of years, but cay is now coming in strong. Especially when it comes to CoCo Cay - the folks who came up with the name now pronounce it cay. Pronounce it cay, pronounce it key, who cares. Just get there and toast this forum with a tasty beverage. Edited November 1, 2021 by zekekelso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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