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queue
But that's already pronounced how it's spelled...
Ah yes good old queweyouwe
Okay, I'll grant you, the second ue could've been trimmed in editing. I always viewed it like the ue in monologue but it's clearly of a different sort.
I'll go downvote myself now.
No, it would just be 'q'. Right now, I would pronounce it kay-way maybe.
Cue-y-hue-y is what the current spelling suggests, tbh.
Qway-Way
It only gets spelled correctly when it's a pseudo queue (>!sudoku!<).