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There's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know about (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I'm probably still doing it with some word.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I hope cache isn't pronounced like cachet (rhymes with sashay) rather than cash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Australians pronounce is as kaysh which Ive always used, and I was horribly annoyed by Americans pronouncing it cash.

I was even more annoyed when I learned that cash is the “correct” way to pronounce it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Get used to it, my Australian friend

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It varies by region at least in the US based on a few years of doing service desk work. Listening to YouTubers, it seems a bit all over the place as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It likely correlates with French influence in the South, seeing as it is a French word.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some of the the Louisana folks would often say ka-SHAY in a wonderful Cajun accent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

They're exactly the ones who should know better...