eliasbats Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 I know there have been many conversations about the pronunciation of the word "Geocaching", "cache", "geocacher" and so on, but I haven't been satisfied entirely about possessing the ability to pronounce "geocaching" correctly. Let's all share our opinion/knowledge on this matter please: I've read that the most common way to say "Geocaching" is: Geo-caching, where Geo is pronounced as in Geography, and caching pronounced as in cashing. I think more or less everybody agrees to that approach, eh? My question is: The stress goes to "o" ( Ge'ocaching, like Ge'ography? ) or does it go to "ca" ( Geo'caching ) ? What about geocacher then? Does the stress goes exactly like geocaching or no? Thank you. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 It's an oldie but goodie question. The FAQ page hasn't changed since that earlier discussion. Quote Link to comment
eliasbats Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 It's an oldie but goodie question. The FAQ page hasn't changed since that earlier discussion. I have already read those discussions. The thing is: The stress goes to "o" ( Ge'ocaching, like Ge'ography? ) or does it go to "ca" ( Geo'caching ) ? Quote Link to comment
+KoosKoos Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 It's an oldie but goodie question. The FAQ page hasn't changed since that earlier discussion. I have already read those discussions. The thing is: The stress goes to "o" ( Ge'ocaching, like Ge'ography? ) or does it go to "ca" ( Geo'caching ) ? Because it's basically a combined word, my opinion (and the only way I've EVER heard it) is that it should be stressed as such: geeoh' caching compare geology to geophysics Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 I think Geography is a poor choice for this example. Can you pronounce geocentric or geochemical. Or how about GEE - OH - CACHING Quote Link to comment
eliasbats Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 Or how about GEE - OH - CACHING Yeah that makes sense I think. With the stress at ca right? Let's clarify this. Quote Link to comment
+jjjandrbaker Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 I'm no expert in linguistics, but I would say the accent is on the "gee". Now, don't forget that I'm in Texas, so all bets are off!! Quote Link to comment
+ibycus Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 I've been trying unsucesfully to not but a stress on the CA sound, the best I can come up with is GEE-OH-caching, with a very artificially stressed G and O sound. Seriously though, I've only ever heard it pronounced one way. Maybe with a different accent, I might see more of an issue (I'm thinking strong southern accent here, geoCAAAAshing, or maybe european accent 'geOcaching'.) Everyone around here pretty much says something like GeocaSHING, with very little stress on anything in the middle. (kind of like Gee-o-ka-shing). Boy discussing pronunciations in text only is hard Quote Link to comment
+tabulator32 Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 I'm no expert in linguistics, but I would say the accent is on the "gee". Now, don't forget that I'm in Texas, so all bets are off!! I also place the emphasis on the "GE" syllable. Of course, I am also from Texas. Go FIG-ure. Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 I'm, a Nu Yawker and I pronounce it...well, nevermind... Quote Link to comment
+Glenn Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 Well I've always pronounced the G like a j, as in the word jiff. But I've heard many pronounce the g like the g in the word gift. I remember reading somewhere that the creator, Steve Wilhite, has officially said that the g is pronounced like the j in jiff. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 geo (as in geo-desic dome) ka-ching (as in the sound a cash register makes when opening) This etymological tidbit dates back to the early days when geocaches were created from ancient cash registers left in the woods, and people had to hit the correct combination of keys to open the container. nfa-jamie ps - I actually say it G-O-cash-ing, as, I believe, do most people Quote Link to comment
+Cache Buzzards Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 In these parts (KY/Wv/OH) I've heard it pronounced, and pronounce it Geocahing (jee-oh-caaaaashing). Isn't it funny - I'd never thought that there may be a different pronunciation but it seems like everyone says it different. Hmmmm, learning something new every day...... Quote Link to comment
+SherwoodForest Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 primary accent on the gee syllable, seconday accent on cash.... GE-oh-CASH-ing Quote Link to comment
+Thot Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I say Geocaching. With the emphasis on geo, but then I can't remember hearing anyone else pronounce it besides me, so I have no way to know what's most common. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 (edited) I pronounce it "Caching" You can add Geo, or Terra, or Navi in front if you like but I've long since dropped the prefix for talking to anyone except newbies. Edited July 4, 2005 by Renegade Knight Quote Link to comment
+Kfam Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 And then there's the ca-shay people who have a hard time adding "ing" or "er". Where did they come from? Quote Link to comment
+Skyman Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 (edited) And then there's the ca-shay people who have a hard time adding "ing" or "er".Where did they come from? Wouldn't that be a dance, oh wait that's sashay well if you found a cache and did the happy dance then you would be doing a ca-shay, sashay, cachsay, cache-shay or chassé. Edited July 4, 2005 by Skyman Quote Link to comment
tossedsalad Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 primary accent on the gee syllable, seconday accent on cash.... GE-oh-CASH-ing BING-go! It is clear that not many people here actually can hear what they are really saying. A word with four syllables normally has an accent on two of them. Your pronunciation is what I would expect to see in a dictionary and I would guess what most people are actually saying. Wikipedia - Stress (linguistics) Quote Link to comment
+Pork King Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Fellow round here always pronounces it as "geo-catch"...makes me cringe a little every time! Quote Link to comment
Apollo Bob Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 If I'm particularly excited about a find, I'd pronounce it Geo-"KA-ching!" (think cash register [or even cache register]). Quote Link to comment
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