"Clique": kleek? klick?

[Douglas G. Wilson]

>I learned "clique" through reading and assumed that it was pronounced
>"kleek." When I got to high school,
>I found "clique" to be in common use among black high-school kids with the
>pronunciation, "klick." ....

I've wondered about this too. But I've heard both pronunciations: I only
wonder why "kleek" doesn't seem to predominate.

I have the vague impression that I heard the "kleek" pronunciation more
often 40 years ago than I do now.

-- Doug Wilson