+DamhuisClan Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Some people say "Cash" and "Casher" (phonetically). Others say "Cashay". Which way is correct? From: Common Errors in English Usage “Cache” comes from the French verb cacher, meaning “to hide,” and in English is pronounced exactly like the word “cash.” But reporters speaking of a cache (hidden hoard) of weapons or drugs often mispronounce it to sound like cachet—“ca-SHAY” —a word with a very different meaning: originally a seal affixed to a document, now a quality attributed to anything with authority or prestige. Rolex watches have cachet. Quote Link to comment
+trevorh7000 Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) Some people say "Cash" and "Casher" (phonetically).Others say "Cashay". Which way is correct? I say "Cash" so I am right and that is how you should say it to avoid looking foolish. So there!!! I also say fill-it and not fi-lay when referring to the cut of meat, and clar-et and not cla-ray when referring to that fine wine. As a friend of mine always says when I make mistakes in English - Who learned you to spoke British, by the house! While researching I came across this interesting blog post http://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot...-and-names.html Louis Armstrong might have captured it best........ You like potato and I like potahto, You like tomato and I like tomahto Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let's call the whole thing off or just go geocashaying instead! Trev Edited October 31, 2009 by trevorh7000 Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 ....or just go geocashaying instead! Trev ... but listening to some of the Australian podcast on geocaching, the way the pronounce it just sounds wrong... but yes, no matter how it is pronounced, we all have fun doing it. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 Up here in UK we pronounce cache as cash. A UK geocaching team emigrated to Australia a couple of years back and in one of their blogs they commented that the Australians pronounce cache as cashay and they now do geo-cay-shing "down under". MrsB Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 This is from geocaching.com: Getting Started with Geocaching Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS device can then try to locate the geocache. Quote Link to comment
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