Words

Flicking about the other day, I came across a recipe for Key Lime Pie and wondered "why Key Lime?".  So I looked it up and apparently key lime is simply a particularly flavoursome variety of lime which is indigenous to the Florida Keys.  And that started me on "Keys".  I must confess that I had always thought that "key" was probably an Americanisation of "quay", but apparently not so - the similarity in pronunciation is just coincidental.  The word derives from the Spanish cuyo meaning a small island.  So, shall I make a key lime pie?....