How do you pronounce quark?

[xsquared]

When I did physics in college, it was pronounced it to rhyme with park but apparently quark cheese rhymes with cork.

Only read about it and I have never eaten quark myself.

There's a joke that goes 'what's a frog's favourite type of cheese? Quaaaaaarrrrrk.' Because in German that's what a frog says.

Qwork like walk

Quark cheese does not rhyme with cork. It rhymes with Mark. Unless every German I've ever heard say it is pronouncing it Incorrectly.

It's quark. Like ark.
and disgusting

@Blueuggboots it's gorgeous on toast with jam!

@Rockingmyfiftiesnot 🤮🤮🤮 jam on toast is also vile. Quark world just tip it into hell on Earth.....

Totally agree Blue, jam on toast is rank, quark could only make it worse.

Murray Gell-Mann, who named the sub-atomic particle, said it was pronounced to rhyme with Quart. Most people pronounce it to rhyme with Mark, but the correct pronunciation is widely known even though people don’t use it.

Quark strangeness and charm. Listen to hawkwind

Jam and Quark on toast is like having cheesecake for breakfast

In German - the science thingy is pronounced English (because science) and the food is pronounced with an open 'a' - I used the word a couple of minutes ago while discussing cheesecake recipes (DM's vs DMIL's).

@Expletivedeleted jam only lives on scones. Nothing else!

Oh sorry @Expletivedelighted!!

it is also permitted in a Victoria Sandwich.

jam that is, not quark

Really interesting piece about it here:

phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2011/02/quarks.html?m=1

I have a physics degree and I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who pronounced it as kwork.

I say “Kwahk” but I know it’s supposed to be “Qwork”

Rhymes with cork

I lived in Germany for almost 2 years and have visited many times and many regions. I have never heard a German say 'Quork', only ever "Qwark "