Pronunciation of caching!

The Silver Snitch · Post by **The Silver Snitch** » 14 May 07 11:52 pm

Hi there! We have been been relatively recently, last year, introduced and quickly addicted to this sport. We have been calling it geo cashing, as have friends. We recently went to an Event Cache and found many people pronounced it K-ay- sh or K-ay-shing.
So who says what? Does it vary from state to state?
What do you think it should be?

The Spindoctors · Post by **The Spindoctors** » 14 May 07 11:57 pm

Most east coasters call it Kayshing. For some reason Crow-eaters say it the same way as the Americans - Cashing.

But then you guys go 'donking' to the 'Deli' eating 'fritz' sandwiches.

Damo. · Post by **Damo.** » 15 May 07 12:18 am

The Silver Snitch wrote: We have been calling it geo cashing, as have friends. We recently went to an Event Cache and found many people pronounced it K-ay- sh or K-ay-shing.
So who says what? Does it vary from state to state?
What do you think it should be?[/b]

You're wrong!

And 80% of us think so.

http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

Well, maybe only 78%

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 15 May 07 1:30 am

Spindoc Bob wrote:Most east coasters call it Kayshing. For some reason Crow-eaters say it the same way as the Americans - Cashing.

But then you guys go 'donking' to the 'Deli' eating 'fritz' sandwiches.

Oy - anybody calling it "Cashing" here in SA is in a definite minority.

Infact, I can't think of anybody that goes cashing here off the top of my head...

...and what on earth is 'donking'? Maybe I haven't been here long enough to have noticed that one.

team unicycle · Post by **team unicycle** » 15 May 07 1:53 am

kash is correct according to the Oxford English 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".

It is just a bizarre coincidence that the Septics also got it right.

Dvixen · Post by **Dvixen** » 15 May 07 4:31 am

I say it 'kaysh' - not overly fond of the NA (septic, love that term!) pronunciation, it sounds like I am going to the bank...

One gal here (a friend unfortunately) keeps 'correcting' me - practically yelling it at me each time. I am so close to smacking some sense into her. It's a word, it's pronunciation, unless you are saying 'grewupit' instead of cache, who cares?

McPhan · Post by **McPhan** » 15 May 07 6:37 am

Well said. And will you post pics of the smacking?

CoolAid used to call it catching - made sense to him.

Dooghan · Post by **Dooghan** » 15 May 07 6:53 am

Dvixen · Post by **Dvixen** » 15 May 07 8:20 am

McPhan wrote:Well said. And will you post pics of the smacking?

They'll be up on my pay-per view site.

McPhan · Post by **McPhan** » 15 May 07 8:33 am

"The Todd" is happy

Team Wibble · Post by **Team Wibble** » 15 May 07 8:51 am

Cached wrote:
Spindoc Bob wrote:Most east coasters call it Kayshing. For some reason Crow-eaters say it the same way as the Americans - Cashing.

But then you guys go 'donking' to the 'Deli' eating 'fritz' sandwiches.
Oy - anybody calling it "Cashing" here in SA is in a definite minority.

Infact, I can't think of anybody that goes cashing here off the top of my head...

...and what on earth is 'donking'? Maybe I haven't been here long enough to have noticed that one.

I have to agree. I'm a crow-eater, have been all my life, and I don't know of any SA cachers that pronounce it like the merkins do. In fact, I don't know ANY SA people, muggle or not, that pronounce the word "kash" rather than "kaysh" - ie "clear the kaysh on your computer"

I also have no idea what 'donking' is. What????

Dvixen · Post by **Dvixen** » 15 May 07 8:52 am

...

What IS a crow eater?

To me it sounds like a group of people who are ALWAYS wrong and having to apologize!

Team Wibble · Post by **Team Wibble** » 15 May 07 8:55 am

Dvixen wrote:...

What IS a crow eater?

To me it sounds like a group of people who are ALWAYS wrong and having to apologize!

Oooohh, you're treading on thin ice there....

Dvixen · Post by **Dvixen** » 15 May 07 8:57 am

Team Wibble wrote:
Dvixen wrote:...

What IS a crow eater?

To me it sounds like a group of people who are ALWAYS wrong and having to apologize!

Oooohh, you're treading on thin ice there....

Aww, you say that like it is a BAD thing!

team unicycle · Post by **team unicycle** » 15 May 07 9:42 am

Team Wibble wrote: In fact, I don't know ANY SA people, muggle or not, that pronounce the word "kash" rather than "kaysh" - ie "clear the kaysh on your computer"

You do now.

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