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  • I found an error in the dictionary and  not just one dictionary, every dictionary.

  • Dictionary.com

  • Collins Dictionary

  • The Cambridge Dictionary and so on.

  • Everyone is giving the wrong pronunciation  of this simple and common word.

  • Americans have changed their habit and  we're going to explore this and use it  

  • as an excuse to learn 7 interesting  vocabulary words that starts with Qu.

  • So you stay there, let's do this!

  • Qu. Most common pronunciation is this:

  • [kw]

  • Kw consonant cluster

  • Quick

  • Quilt

  • Quiz

  • [kw]

  • Wait, I can't mention quilt without  showing you this. My great grandma.

  • That's my mom's mom's mom made it over  a hundred years ago. Isn't it wonderful?

  • Andquarterused to be pronounced this  way too but not anymore in the US. Why?

  • Why did Americans drop thesound? We don't say kw, quarter.

  • We sayQuarter”. [k]. Or  just like this wordCore”.

  • Quarter

  • Quarterly

  • I don't know how or why this habit shifted over  time but 99 percent of the time, we say quarter  

  • in American English. Quarter. Listen.

  • So we have the K consonant not  a KW cluster at the beginning.  

  • Then we have a flap T. This follows the rule a T  is a flap T if it comes after an R before a vowel.

  • [flap]

  • Quar, [də, də, də], Quarter. A flap of the tongue.

  • Quarter

  • Quarter, quarter, quarter. Let me go back and  give you the full sentence for those examples.

  • But all these dictionaries have the Kw  pronunciation as the only pronunciation.

  • Kudos to Meriam-Webster who put the  most common pronunciation as an option.

  • Kudos means good job, congratulations.  

  • You're going to learn new vocabulary today. Kudos  to you for dedicating yourself to your studies.

  • Most Qu words in American  English do start with a Kw  

  • cluster, quarter is an exception. We also  have this word with just the K sound.

  • [ki], also you can say [kei] and  some people do pronounce this  

  • [kwei] but [ki] is the most common  pronunciation. Do you know the wordquay”?

  • It's a platform along the water for  loading or unloading ships. When I was  

  • researching this video, I kind of went down  a rabbit hole of words that begin with Qu.

  • Go down a rabbit hole. This is an idiom  

  • and it means to get sucked into  something that takes a lot of time  

  • more than expected as you learn one thing that  leads to another and you just keep going with it.

  • In this case, I stated  looking for Qu pronunciations  

  • and I found all these great vocabulary  words, I just kept going with it.

  • So now we'll go over 7 advanced  vocabulary words that begin withQu”.

  • First, “Quasi”.

  • This has a couple of different  pronunciations all with that Kw cluster.

  • In American English, ['kwa zaɪ] and ['kwa  zi] are the two most common pronunciations.

  • It means something that is similar to somethingKind of like something but not something all the  

  • way. Sort of confusing, this will be more clear  as we look at some examples. Let's go to Youglish.

  • Quasi-religious.

  • Not fully religious but a structure  or setup that's like a religion.

  • A quasi-grain. So it's not categorized  

  • fully as a grain but has similar  properties. It's kind of like a grain.

  • Quasi-real-time. Not exactly in real-time, not  at the exact same time but close to it. Similar,  

  • almost real-time, quasi-real-time.

  • You have to be quasi-masochistic. A little  masochistic to be a writer. Masochistic means  

  • you kind of like doing things that are painfultedious, or generally unpleasant to do.

  • So being a writer has some very  challenging parts to it. Therefore,  

  • you have to be a little masochistic to  want to be a writer or to be a writer.

  • Quasi. Make up a sample sentence now  and put it in the comments below.

  • Quash

  • Do you know this one? It means to stop  something, suppress it, make it go away.

  • Quash the level of Vitriol.

  • Stop it, make it go away. We want no  

  • more vitriol. What is vitriol? Another great  vocabulary word. It means cruel, harsh criticism.

  • To quash the revolution. To stop it  immediately, make it completely go away.

  • Quash his dreams. Stop dreaming of being in  politics, completely put that desire away,  

  • destroy the dream, quash it.

  • Quack

  • You probably know that the literal meaning of  this word. It's the sound we use in American  

  • English for the sound of a duck. But  do you know how we use it as an idiom?

  • It means someone with authority who  actually doesn't know what they are doing,  

  • doesn't do a good job. We use it most  commonly with doctors. A bad doctor  

  • doesn't know what he's doing, maybe even  giving harmful advice, he's a quack.

  • Thought he was a quack. He was talking to  his doctor; the doctor gave him some advice  

  • he had never heard of before. He wasn't surehe thought, “Maybe this guy is just a quack.”

  • Who is this quack?

  • Who is this guy who thinks he's  something that I don't trust at all.

  • That quack dentist. Didn't know what he  was talking about, not a good dentist.

  • Quasi

  • Quash

  • Quack

  • What word is next?

  • Qualm

  • This is a feeling of being  uneasy, apprehensive, not sure.

  • We often use it in the phrase,  “I have no qualms about that.”

  • No qualms, that means I'm very sure.  I'm 100% sure that this is right.

  • This word has a couple of different pronunciations  and can be pronounced with a dark L or without.

  • [kwam] or [kwalm]

  • We annihilate them without a qualm. No uneasiness.

  • We annihilate them without ever  wondering if it's a problem.

  • Annihilate means to destroy completelysimilar to quash. We destroy these things  

  • completely with no second thoughts, feeling  completely sure about it without a qualm.

  • That's my only qualm with  it. That's the only thing I  

  • don't like. The only thing that makes  me unsure about recommending it.

  • The most obvious qualm. Uneasiness with  capitalism. The thing he was not comfortable with.

  • Quip

  • This is a clever of witty remark  or comment. Sometimes you'll hear  

  • it read as a verb. He quipped instead  of he said, if what he said was witty.

  • Quip. A funny thing he said. If you wantfriend, buy a dog. Because in Washington,  

  • in the government, there are no friends.

  • A quip. A joke, something funny and witty.

  • She often quips. She often makes  this joke, this witty comment.

  • Next: Quintessential

  • I love this word, it's the best example of  something, the perfect pure example of something.

  • The quintessential assignment. When you think ofNational Geographic assignment for a photographer,  

  • this is what you would think of. The  most pure example of what a National  

  • Geographic assignment would  be. Go to base camp at Everest.

  • Quintessential. That's so National Geographic.

  • This man is talking about Abraham  Lincoln being the quintessential  

  • American. The best example of what an American is.

  • The most quintessential experience. What  you think of when think of Los Angeles?

  • I guess for her, she thinks, “Hm, when I think  about Los Angeles, I think about driving.

  • Quasi

  • Quash

  • Quack

  • Qualm

  • Quip

  • Quintessential

  • Quaint

  • All of these words have the kw pronunciation.

  • Something that's quaint is charming, picturesquemaybe a little old-fashioned, pleasing.  

  • Like a painting a sweet farmhouse on a cute little  farm, that might be quaint. Here, this picture,  

  • a quaint little church in the fall. You know  what this is? This is quintessential New England.  

  • It's a picture that comes to mind when  I think of New England. Such a common,  

  • pure New England experience, quintessential.

  • But let's get back to quaint with some examples.

  • Quaint village atmosphere? That sounds nice.

  • Quaint. A small coastal community. That  means a small town on the coast, quaint.

  • Kind of quaint now. Here it means old-fashionedThe idea of a phone booth. Everybody has  

  • cellphones now. And most phone booths  and public phones have been taken down.

  • Well that's our quota for Ku words.

  • Quota, that means the required amount.

  • I said I was going to teach 7 new vocabulary  words with Qu and I did, so I met my quota.

  • Thank you so much for joining me here, please  like this video and subscribe with notifications  

  • and keep your learning going now with this  video, I love being your English teacher.

  • That's it and thanks so much for using  Rachel's English.

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