+Meyerink Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Ok. so this is a question. would do this as a poll but cant find it here to do it. how do people pronounce Geocache?? Do you say - geo-cash-ay or - geo-caysh I have heard it pronounced both ways to just wanting your thoughts. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) Ok. so this is a question. would do this as a poll but cant find it here to do it. how do people pronounce Geocache?? Do you say - geo-cash-ay or - geo-caysh I have heard it pronounced both ways to just wanting your thoughts. You've been a member since 2005, and you are only asking this now? I don't know how it may be prounced elsewhere, but here in the U.S., it is pronounced like "geocash". Wikipedia seems to agree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache. I believe "cachet" would be pronounced "cacheay". *** Urgent!: See my post below for a recent change in my way of thinking about this subject!*** Edited October 2, 2009 by knowschad Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I say it: "ha-bi-trey-ul." Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 By the way, the "G" is a "hard" G. It is more like "geeo", then "jeo". Geeo-cachay. Or, as a verb, geeocachaying. But... you knew that all along, and were only pulling our collective legs, right? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I say it: "ha-bi-trey-ul." You're just giving us the run-around, right? Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 GPS for dummies says pronounced like CASH. Actually I've run into a lot of people who try to pronounce it cashay. Someone at my geo-bud's work kept trying to say that. He asked me to be sure he wasn't in error. I told him to just hand the guy a dictionary and be done with it. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Actually, I've heard more people trying to pronounce it as "geocatch" than as "geocachay". But I suspect it has a lot to do with the particular socio-economics of the area. Quote Link to comment
+Meyerink Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 ok so now we have geeo - cash geeo - cash-aye geeo - catch geeo - kaysh forgive me if i dont quiet know how to do pronounciations correctly. Any more for the collection?? Quote Link to comment
+Jumpin' Jack Cache Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I've heard a few people say cashay and thought it was pretty funny. Not long after I heard it that way for the first time I noticed that some reporters were pronouncing it the same way, as in "a cache of weapons". I still thought it was pretty funny. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 ok so now we have geeo - cash geeo - cash-aye geeo - catch geeo - kaysh forgive me if i dont quiet know how to do pronounciations correctly. Any more for the collection?? Apparently, we also have both the "jee-o" versions (soft G, as in "giant") and the "gee-o" versions (hard G, as in "golf"). I've always heard it as JEE-o-CASH. Quote Link to comment
+Jumpin' Jack Cache Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The-dog-who-feels-that-he-must-mark-every-thread confused me a bit, too. I have never heard the Geo part any other way than as in Geography (JEE, not GHEE). Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Apparently it's pronounced slightly differently in Australia... They say it differently... See this earlier Topic. Here in Wales it's Gee O cash ing MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Meyerink Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 ok, now it gets confusing... how differently do you pronounce it when your talking about we are going geocaching compared to lets find a geocache thoughts?? Quote Link to comment
+keehotee Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 ok, now it gets confusing... how differently do you pronounce it when your talking about we are going geocaching compared to lets find a geocache thoughts?? We are going jee oh cash ing Let's find a jee oh cash Personally, I can't even remember the last time I used the geo bit when talking about it (to other cachers) (pronounced cash-errs around here) I've heard a few people say cashay and thought it was pretty funny. Not long after I heard it that way for the first time I noticed that some reporters were pronouncing it the same way, as in "a cache of weapons". And a cache of weapons is still pronounced CASH here too. Cachet (cashay) is.... 1. A mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity: "Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack" (Christian Science Monitor). 2. A seal on a document, such as a letter. 3. a. A commemorative design stamped on an envelope to mark a postal or philatelic event. b. A motto forming part of a postal cancellation. 4. A kind of wafer capsule formerly used by pharmacists for presenting an unpleasant-tasting drug. No lock'n'locks, ammo cans or GPS's in there.... Quote Link to comment
+vegaschick Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 The person that introduced me to jee-o-cash-ing pronounced the latter part of the word "cachet." I think he still does, and if he doesn't it's probably because he got tired of me harassing him about it. I assume he got the pronunciation from the news, where it was always pronounced as "cachet." Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Hard "G"?!?!? POPPYCOCK! It's a soft "G", like geography, geographical, geology, geode, giraffe, and gee-whiz. No way is it a hard "G" like in the .gif file format.* *Can open. Worms everywhere. Quote Link to comment
+SilentWolf Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 LoL...... in southern Utah we just call it "lookin' fer stuff" Quote Link to comment
+isuquinndog Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) I say cash because in the computer world cache is pronounced cash so I just added the word geo in front of it. Edited October 2, 2009 by isuquinndog Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Hard "G"?!?!? POPPYCOCK! It's a soft "G", like geography, geographical, geology, geode, giraffe, and gee-whiz. No way is it a hard "G" like in the .gif file format.* *Can open. Worms everywhere. I'll open that can of worms. I knew a number of the original .GIF (and later, .PNG) developers from back when I used to hang out in Compuserve's GRAPHDEV forum. They insisted that it is "pronounced like the peanut butter". Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Man, has the new generation not heard of dictionaries? I may be old, but I'm not that old. and more worms... I call my GPSr a GCM (gee see em) short for geocache machine. (gee-o cash ma-sheen) Quote Link to comment
+wenestvedt Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 They did? But there was already a .jif image file format name (actually corresponding to .JPEG or .JPG) back then, too -- I remember it from my Gopher-using days in like 1993! *sigh* Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 They did? But there was already a .jif image file format name (actually corresponding to .JPEG or .JPG) back then, too -- I remember it from my Gopher-using days in like 1993! *sigh* .JIF image format was a part of the jpeg set of formats, I believe. .GIF preceeded any of the jpeg formats. For more off-topic information on that can o' worms, see The GIF Pronunciation Page (or Wikipedia) Back on topic, I have never, ever heard of anyone pronouncing geocache with a hard "G". It would be hard to avoid laughing at that! Quote Link to comment
+Stepping Stones Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 started as cachey... now just call it cashe Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Hard "G"?!?!? POPPYCOCK! It's a soft "G", like geography, geographical, geology, geode, giraffe, and gee-whiz. No way is it a hard "G" like in the .gif file format.* *Can open. Worms everywhere. I'll open that can of worms. I knew a number of the original .GIF (and later, .PNG) developers from back when I used to hang out in Compuserve's GRAPHDEV forum. They insisted that it is "pronounced like the peanut butter". I knew what was in that can, that's why I brought it up. regardless of what Steve Wilhite says, I still pronouce it the same as the "Graphics" that makes up the acronym. I'm okay with being wrong. Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 I say it: "ha-bi-trey-ul." It took a while, but I just got this. Quote Link to comment
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