query vs. query

[low_delta]

The results of my poll were 11 votes for querry, and 17 for queery. For the record, I expected it to be the opposite.

Comments

[i.livejournal.com]

for the record, make it 18. i missed the poll.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

That makes it closer to a nice, even three-fifths.

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

I think the statistical deviation on that would basically equalize them. I've been thinking about it, and I can't be sure how much of the way I pronounce it is objective and how much is due to trained hearing based on regional accent.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It's definitely not a good cross-section. It's just part of my friends list.

I'm not too worried about accents. I'm more interested in how it is pronounced in relation to similar words. Is it a short "e" or a long "e"?

[banana.livejournal.com]

I'm having trouble imagining anyone saying "querry". Do you mean that some people minimise the vowel so it's almost "qu'ry", or that they emphasise the R, or both, or something else?

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it like "querry," so I can say that both the e and the r are fully pronounced. It's just a short "e" instead of a long "e." This way looks to me like the more proper way. Kwer-e. I can't see where the ee sound comes into it.

[banana.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think I see (er, hear).