Pronunciation of "cache" - English Language & Usage Stack …
May 23, 2011 · You are right, 'kash' is how cache is pronounced. I am not sure any pronunciation would be totally unacceptable as long as they do not cause any misunderstanding. Of course, …
Usage of the word 'Cachet' [closed] - English Language & Usage …
Oct 16, 2015 · The word cachet (pronounced ka-SHAY'), meaning having prestige or high status, is often misspelled, and also often confused with the word cache (KASH'), which is currently …
american english - AmE pronunciation of 'cliché' vs 'niche'
Aug 17, 2016 · The pronunciation difference may be due to niche entering the language earlier. It is interesting that cliche was a printing term. Perhaps that encouraged the use of the written …
How did French “cacher” divide into English “cache” and “cachet”?
Apr 9, 2015 · In French, une cache is a hiding place, while un cachet is a seal of the kind you press into hot wax. They both come from the old French verb escachier which meant …
meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Feb 20, 2016 · The dictionaries have the meaning of cache as store of things, but this isn't it. The French word caché means hidden as a verb form. What does the word caché mean in …
pronunciation - Is "forte" pronounced "fort" or "for-tay"? - English ...
Aug 21, 2010 · As reported by the NOAD, the pronunciation is |ˈfɔrˌteɪ| or |fɔrt|, whenever forte means a thing at which someone excels, or loud/loudly. In the first case, the origin of the word …
pronunciation - How is "æ" supposed to be pronounced? - English ...
Jun 14, 2012 · The pronunciation of Old English "ash" is irrelevant to the pronunciation of the ligature æ in English words taken from Latin. History of the Latin "ae" digraph. The Latin ae …
pronunciation - How do I know when a word with "ch" is …
Parachute, cache, attache. Words originating from Germanic languages will have a hard ch: Church, bench. However, even this isn't foolproof because many French-origin words have …
What's the name for when a word changes its pronunciation …
Jul 29, 2015 · The first refers to words like cache, where the majority of people will read it as "kashé" (IPA symbols too much effort to insert), when it's actually meant to be read as "kash" …
The British pronunciation of the word "schedule"
Dec 6, 2014 · The earliest English pronunciation of schedule is no longer used, as far as I know: it was something like /ˈsɛdjul/ (compare schism, which some still pronounce as “sizm”). The …