Pronunciation of caching!

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Is it cashing or ka-ay- shing

Poll ended at 13 July 07 11:52 pm

cashing
17
19%
k- ay- shing
73
81%
 
Total votes: 90

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The Silver Snitch
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Re: Pronounciation of caching

Post by The Silver Snitch » 14 October 10 10:25 pm

ahhhhhhhhh well I understand those who say Kaysh, but to me a SOUTH AUSSIE, its cash and cashing!! Then again the "ache...cake"....well ....the mind boggles to have your cache and eat it too????????? \:D/ :lol:

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Re: Pronounciation of caching

Post by Papa Bear_Left » 15 October 10 1:07 am

The Silver Snitch wrote:ahhhhhhhhh well I understand those who say Kaysh, but to me a SOUTH AUSSIE, its cash and cashing!! Then again the "ache...cake"....well ....the mind boggles to have your cache and eat it too????????? \:D/ :lol:
You can't claim it's regional, since we grew up in the same small town and I say "kayshing"!

BTW, when are you going to correct the spelling of this thread's title?

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Re: Pronounciation of caching

Post by Bunya » 15 October 10 4:01 pm

I realise there is little point in flogging this very dead horse, but I've just spent an idle few minutes re-reading this whole thread and these points seem to stand out to me:
1. The "cash" pronunciation is often referred to as "American", but it is just as much "English" - ask any geocacher in England how they pronounce cache.
2. The "kaysh" pronunciation seems to have arisen when it was applied to computer storage - why, I don't know.
I guess the first geocachers in Oz were computer geeks, so . . .

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