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I have noticed members of the US military ( officers, though probably not ring-knockers) pronouncing "Cache" as I would pronounce "Cachet" (They say Kash-shay vs kash) Is this pronunciation correct in...
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"...eagerly embracing changes for worse. Arbitrarily changing established usages creates confusion, not clarity."_______________________________________________Now why, Dr techie, would a human being...
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The correct french pronunciation (assuming we wish to acknowledge the words origins in this case) for a hiding place (noun) is kash. kash-ay is how the adjective hidden is pronounced (cach).So its...
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My reason for using "non-standard" as opposed to "wrong" is that it appears that at least one cultural sub-group has adopted the cachet pronunciation as the norm, the US military. I recall hearing...
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I've heard "kaysh" by a police officer on TV. I (briefly) said it that way, back when PCs were new.
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This seems to be more ingrained than just random individuals making a mistake.FWIW, I think the problem here may be that 'kaashh' marks a semantic space that is unsettled. I would suggest that...
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I'd like to hear the Colorado ranchers' reaction when they hear the first person call the Cache La Poudre river the ka-shay La Poudre.
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If it's a "field expedient", i.e., a pronunciation deliberately chosen with the knowledge that it's non-standard for purposes of avoiding ambiguity on staticky radio channels or on noisy...
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I'm sure the military usage arose from ignorance, not from any intent to avoid ambiguity. Especially when it is usually used in combination as either "supply cache" or "cache of weapons."
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This seems to be more ingrained than just random individuals making a mistake.I'm sure the military usage arose from ignorance, not from any intent to avoid ambiguity. Especially when it is usually...
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I think "cashe" is going the same route as "forte". It's just a matter of time.
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I'm reformed. No longer a defense contracter, the slime has long ago washed off.
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Ah ha! Dave Williams holds the answer...Question: As a former defense contractor before the slime wore off, Mr. Williams, how many syllables did you use to describe the place where you hoarded up the...
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Oops...please forgive my unwrinkled brain. My apologies to either Mister Wilton or Mister Williams,depending on their relative merit.
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With that cleared up, I will now use my amazing psychic powers to guess the answer to crinoid's queston.(drum roll)And the answer is....One syllable: "bank".
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Don't fret, crinoid. If you've got the feeling that things have become SNAFU'd, suggest you read the Joseph Heller classic - Cache-22.
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