How to pronounce reqwest

reqwest is most commonly pronounced "request" (/rɪˈkwɛst/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

reqwest is the de-facto HTTP client crate of the Rust ecosystem, written by the author of hyper. The name is a deliberate misspelling of "request": the creator's introduction post explains it was forced on him because the `request` crate name was already taken, and it is said exactly like the ordinary English word "request". Cold readers often guess "REK-west" because the qw digraph is almost nonexistent in English outside "qwerty".

Source: seanmonstar — "Introducing Reqwest" (name origin: the `request` crate name was already taken)

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