The Correct Pronounciation Of Cache

[+Sand Storm]

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the correct way to say Cache? Is it Cash or Casha, I'm confused.

Edited March 23, 2006 by Sand Storm

[pickpocket]

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the correct way to say Cache? Is it Cash or Casha, I'm confused.

 

it's pronounced "CASH".

[+OzGuff]

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the correct way to say Cache? Is it Cash or Casha, I'm confused.

 

I agree that it is pronounced as if it were money. But you may find that Down Under it is pronounced with a hard A -- like the A in "face" -- but still one syllable. (Does anyone think this sounds like a Sonic commercial?)

[+WeekendWarrior1]

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the correct way to say Cache? Is it Cash or Casha, I'm confused.

 

I agree that it is pronounced as if it were money. But you may find that Down Under it is pronounced with a hard A -- like the A in "face" -- but still one syllable. (Does anyone think this sounds like a Sonic commercial?)

 

Well I've also heard it pronouced cash-shae. Which seems to be a more proper way of saying it. -WW

[+BlueDeuce]

nevermind

Edited March 23, 2006 by BlueDeuce

[+Ambrosia]

I guess that it just depends on what country you're in. In the U.S. I've always heard it pronounced *cash* even before caching existed. The dictionary says to pronounce it *kash*.

 

Interestingly, they said the word *cache* on a show that I watched on the History Channel just recently. He pronouced it *cash*. But anyway, they were talking about King Solomon's treasure and the guy said that if someone found it, that it would be the greatest cache ever. Hmmm...

[+briansnat]

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the correct way to say Cache? Is it Cash or Casha, I'm confused.

 

I agree that it is pronounced as if it were money. But you may find that Down Under it is pronounced with a hard A -- like the A in "face" -- but still one syllable. (Does anyone think this sounds like a Sonic commercial?)

 

Well I've also heard it pronouced cash-shae. Which seems to be a more proper way of saying it. -WW

 

I've heard it as ca-shay, but its wrong. In fact there is one local who pronounces it that way all the time and it really bugs me!! I just want to grab him by the neck, shake him and yell ITS CASH! CASH YOU FOOL!

Edited March 23, 2006 by briansnat

[+azmark]

the only pronounciation of it would be kash.

 

the word everyone gets confused and is more popular pre computer term is cachet. This is the word that is pronounced ka sha.

 

This word means a mark of distinction.

 

cache is a store of things and is and always has been said cash.

[+Renegade Knight]

Like has been said. It's pronouced Kash. The new one that's getting to me and makes me want to respond like BrianSnat is when people say it's a "Mute Point".

[CacheNCarryMA]

But you may find that Down Under it is pronounced with a hard A -- like the A in "face" -- but still one syllable. (Does anyone think this sounds like a Sonic commercial?)

 

Cache rhymes with "Heche" (as in the actress Anne Heche)

 

Australian for "cache"

Edited March 23, 2006 by CacheNCarryMA

[+Sputnik 57]

Saw a program on PBS a few nights ago about the origin of american natives. They discussed finding "kashes" of Clovis spear heads.

 

cache ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ksh)

n.

1. 1. <LI type=a>
   A hiding place used especially for storing provisions. <LI type=a>A place for concealment and safekeeping, as of valuables.
2. A store of goods or valuables concealed in a hiding place: maintained a cache of food in case of emergencies.

Computer Science. A fast storage buffer in the central processing unit of a computer. Also called cache memory.

ca·chet ( P ) Pronunciation Key (k-sh)

n.

A mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity: "Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack" (Christian Science Monitor). A seal on a document, such as a letter.

1. <LI type=a>

A commemorative design stamped on an envelope to mark a postal or philatelic event. A motto forming part of a postal cancellation. A kind of wafer capsule formerly used by pharmacists for presenting an unpleasant-tasting drug.

[+chuckwagon101]

I thought it was....."Cashhh-eeeeee"!

 

Chuck

[+Recdiver]

Compact Oxford Dictionary

cache

 

/kash/

 

• noun 1 a hidden store of things. 2 Computing an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.

 

• verb store in a cache.

 

— ORIGIN French, from cacher ‘to hide’.

 

On another site you could hear it being spoken and it was like cash

[+Ambrosia]

Compact Oxford Dictionary

cache

 

/kash/

 

• noun 1 a hidden store of things. 2 Computing an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.

 

• verb store in a cache.

 

— ORIGIN French, from cacher ‘to hide’.

 

On another site you could hear it being spoken and it was like cash

Did you not read my post? Sheesh. I can't take you anywhere.

[+frelancr]

I was actually thinking this today...

 

I know it is not ka-shay

 

but is it kash or is it kaYshe?

 

finding a kash sounds right, but going geo-kashing do not (to my ears)

 

going geo-kaYshing sounds more better (to me & my mixed up S. Florida to Joisey via N'Awlins ears)

 

M

[k1w1t1m]

Like has been said. It's pronouced Kash. The new one that's getting to me and makes me want to respond like BrianSnat is when people say it's a "Mute Point".

 

A what? Oh you mean a moot point.

 

lol

[+Thot]

Did you not read my post? Sheesh. I can't take you anywhere.

Yes, I read your post. You said:

I guess that it just depends on what country you're in. In the U.S. I've always heard it pronounced *cash* even before caching existed. The dictionary says to pronounce it *kash*.

This suggests you pronounce kash in someway different from cash. My dictionary says both cash and cache are pronounced kash.

 

???

Edited March 24, 2006 by Thot

[+Renegade Knight]

....This suggests you pronounce kash in someway different from cash. My dictionary says both cash and cache are pronounced kash.

 

???

 

Phonetic spelling. What english would look like if we were consistant in how to spell.

[+Recdiver]

Compact Oxford Dictionary

cache

 

/kash/

 

• noun 1 a hidden store of things. 2 Computing an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.

 

• verb store in a cache.

 

— ORIGIN French, from cacher ‘to hide’.

 

On another site you could hear it being spoken and it was like cash

Did you not read my post? Sheesh. I can't take you anywhere.

Gimme a break I posted before I read your post.

[+gcslim]

Seems pretty obvious to me, its pronounced just the same as hache, sache, bache, mache, slache, dache, gache and rache!

[+moolcool]

for a dumb question theres alot of replies, its cash

[+fretguy]

Sorry for the dumb question, but what is the correct way to say Cache? Is it Cash or Casha, I'm confused.

 

I agree that it is pronounced as if it were money. But you may find that Down Under it is pronounced with a hard A -- like the A in "face" -- but still one syllable. (Does anyone think this sounds like a Sonic commercial?)

 

I pronounce it 'KASH', but after looking for a toughy for awhile it is usually preceded by some other word

[+Sputnik 57]

Seems pretty obvious to me, its pronounced just the same as hache, sache, bache, mache, slache, dache, gache and rache!

But not like ghoti (which, of course, is pronounced like "fish").

[+Markwell]

I can pretty much live with ka-SHAY (like sashay?). What I cannot abide is someone asking...

 

Did you go Geo-catching today? (especially when the answer is no)

[+Ambrosia]

Compact Oxford Dictionary

cache

 

/kash/

 

• noun 1 a hidden store of things. 2 Computing an auxiliary memory from which high-speed retrieval is possible.

 

• verb store in a cache.

 

— ORIGIN French, from cacher ‘to hide’.

 

On another site you could hear it being spoken and it was like cash

Did you not read my post? Sheesh. I can't take you anywhere.

Gimme a break I posted before I read your post.

Well, get with the program.

[+LeoGeo]

In English, as in French, "cache" is indeed pronounced like the English word "cash", with one syllable. The two syllable error "ka-shay" (like the English and French word "cachet"), though, probably comes from a misreading of "cache" as "cache'" -- the French adjective, with an acute accent mark on the "e", which means "hidden," and which is indeed prounounced "ka-shay". The recent movie "Cache'" (with the accent mark) probably added to this confusion.

[+Sevilon]

I had always heard "cache" pronounced like cash-ay before this site.

But I'm slowly getting used to saying it like cash.

[+Harry Dolphin]

Then again, I'm from New Joisey, and we seem to have a few more vowel pronunciations than the rest of the country. So, I'm sure I pronounce it differently. (Daughter is not pronounced the same as dotter!) But, cache is pronounced the same as cash. It rhymes with dash. Not the same 'a' sound as fat, though.

[+frelancr]

Then again, I'm from New Joisey, and we seem to have a few more vowel pronunciations than the rest of the country. So, I'm sure I pronounce it differently. (Daughter is not pronounced the same as dotter!) But, cache is pronounced the same as cash. It rhymes with dash. Not the same 'a' sound as fat, though.

 

cash/cashe/dash WOULD have the same 'a' sound as fat...sort of an 'ah'

 

I keep wanting to say 'kaysh' like the a in um, 'say'

 

M

somewhere off exit 153

[+QDman]

Like has been said. It's pronouced Kash. The new one that's getting to me and makes me want to respond like BrianSnat is when people say it's a "Mute Point".

 

No, you don't understand. It's a 'mute point' because there's no reason to talk about it.

[+briansnat]

I had always heard "cache" pronounced like cash-ay before this site.

But I'm slowly getting used to saying it like cash.

 

What are they teaching you folks in Colorado?

[Clan Riffster]

Phonetic spelling.

Why isn't "Phonetics" spelled phonetically?

[+daiichi]

If it's a DNF after two hours of hunting... I've always pronounced it:

 

that-sumofabaych-mutha-@#$%#$%

 

But that's just me, I guess.

[+freejam]

Getting down to the detail I'd pronounce cache with a softer c than cash. Try these two sentences:-

 

1. Give me the cash

2. Give me the cache

 

But don't worry if you say them the same - you'll still be understood.

[+rogueleader1977]

I always thought that although "cash" was the correct pronunciation and saying ca-shay was kind of like people calling Target stores Tar-jay. In other words more of just a joke or a 'fun' way of saying the word.

[nobby.nobbs]

phonetically:

 

"in-san-it-ty"

[+Team Neos]

Like has been said. It's pronouced Kash. The new one that's getting to me and makes me want to respond like BrianSnat is when people say it's a "Mute Point".

 

No, you don't understand. It's a 'mute point' because there's no reason to talk about it.

Originally spelled "moot point" this is one of those phrases that has changed over the course of my lifetime. I hope that this phrase settles down at some point, so that I can use it again. The phrase used to mean that there was plenty of reason to talk about it, but there was a good chance that nothing would be done as a result of the outcome of the debate. I don't use it now because half the people I talk to think it means not worth discussing, and the rest think it means something that can be argued but just for argument's sake. I can't bring myself to spell it "mute point" because that seems to imply it shouldn't even be said!

 

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-moo1.htm

[dsandbro]

pronounce it phonetically, like 'catchy'.

[+Jamie Z]

I can pretty much live with ka-SHAY (like sashay?). What I cannot abide is someone asking...

 

Did you go Geo-catching today? (especially when the answer is no)

This is the most common mis-pronunciation I hear from other cachers. People at events saying they found the "catch" and what a great "catch" it is.

 

I've not heard anyone around here say cash-ay.

 

Jamie

[+frelancr]

I've not heard anyone around here say cash-ay.

 

Jamie

 

but do they say "kayshe"? (like a computer's memory cache) or "kash" (like the money) ?

 

do we go looking for a kash or a kayshe?

 

the cachet is in my wife's underwear drawer and smells like roses...

 

M

[+Crew 153]

Around here everyone calls it a kay-sh. That way it doesn't sound like you are robbing the bank to get the cash.

Edited March 30, 2006 by Crew 153

[+Angus27]

yep, im australian and i (and everyone else i know of whos know about it)

 

calls it kay-sh

[+Jamie Z]

but do they say "kayshe"? (like a computer's memory cache) or "kash" (like the money) ?

Aren't they pronounced the same?

 

Dictionary.com lists only one pronunciation, kash for all definitions.

 

Jamie

[+DiskDevil]

You people better stop this! Don't make me come up there!!

[+Savoy 6]

You people better stop this! Don't make me come up there!!

 

The voice of reason. It was almost to the point of green eggs and ham. I shall get my map and cap...

Sorry I'm dizzy from the "cash", "ca-shay", "cashe", "heche?"

 

I pronounce it fun, f-u-n!!!