I used to say ‘Key-Noah’ until I learned from my D it is pronounced Key-Nwah!
Quinoa (edited to connect spelling)
and other one - Buoy - I pronounce it ‘Boy’ as in bouyant
H pronounces it 'Boo-ee yet says boyant
Yes because it is the Spanish ñ (enya). Although, aren’t key and kee pronounced the same or are you differentiating between the two?
@doschicos thanks - just edited to correct
I still say “open” and “close” for lights instead of “turn on” and “turn off.” But it’s the latter two for the TV.
As far as towns are concerned, there’s also Calais, Maine - pronounced “CAL-us”. And in MA, Concord (as in “Lexington and Concord”) is not pronounced like the grape, but is “CON-kerd.”
That’s hilarious.
I had a college professor whose first language was Spanish tell me about when he was learning English and would tell people he had problems with his bowels. 
I think we can all agree that MA towns are often an exception. In addition to Concord, Leominster, and Worcester, as previously mentioned, you have the city of Quincy (and John Quincy Adams) which is pronounced KWIN-zee, as opposed to the Jack Klugman character or the city in IL which is pronounced KWIN-sea.
Even the MA rules are inconsistent. Framingham and Waltham rhyme with ham, while Dedham and Needham have a silent h and rhyme with um.
Oh man quinoa… my husband can not get that one right. He can’t blame it on being Australian either… I think it’s one of those words that he read a few times before he heard it so he had it set in his head. That and açaí. Although sometimes I think he deliberately mispronounces them just to annoy me… he does that with nuclear.
This summer we were driving in France and were near a town called Besançon. Hubby said it wrong differently every single time… Bescanon, Besanon, Becanson… and he’s taken French so he should be able to at least sort of get it mostly right even if the accent is bad.
How about when people pronounce fajitas with a j sound, fah-jie-tas. 
And people often get bruschetta wrong, including waiters in Italian restaurants here in the USA.
@skieurope Are you saying the standard pronunciation of bedroom suite is suit in England? Because it is not that way here for the majority of Americans.
No. In the UK, it’s pronounced “sweet.” However, I’ve been told by NC furniture makers that it’s pronounced “suit,” but written “suite.” Maybe that’s a regional thing or maybe that really is the industry standard. IDK. Like I said, I get around it by saying “bedroom furniture” or “bedroom set”
I think it is a regional thing then because I’ve lived in many parts of the country and have always heard “sweet”, not that it comes up in conversation that often. Nor do I tend to buy matching bedroom furniture. 
Being fresh out of school, my high-end furniture pieces are from Ikea and my opening price point pieces are from the curb. so “suite” is not how I’m describing my decorating style.
Puyallup. Issaquah. Two local towns that puzzle some out of towners.
Well, ski, you must have assembled a sweet suite that suits your budget.
LOL
‘How about when people pronounce fajitas with a j sound, fah-jie-tas. “
I always wonder if these people don’t watch television or listen to the radio. A few Commercials from Chili’s etc… shoukd have easily clued these people in.
I’ve always heard bedroom suite pronounced as bedroom suit.
Versailles, Kentucky – pronounced Ver-sales! It’s not far from where one of my sisters lives, and I wince every time I hear it.
Martinez, GA – Pronounced Martin-ehz. Took me a long time to wrap my head around that one.
My husband is seriously allergic to spicy ? (make him very ill), so he purposely mispronounces “jalapeño” with a “j” (or even worse). A fajita or burrito ? is always accompanied with “viva gorditos!” (ah, stupid chihuahua commercials) ?
When we were on vacation at cape cod I had a big problem with Hyannis - I kept on pronouncing it Hi Anus!