# How do YOU pronounce the word "cache" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383 "2013-10-04T18:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/1 "2013-10-04T18:48:33Z")
Two syllables, or one? All my life, the word “cache” (meaning either specifically temporary storage for computer-y info like your browser history, or a general stash/storage meaning like squirrels hiding acorns) has been pronounced like the word “cash” (meaning dollah-dollah-bill yo) but now I’m working around people who all pronounce it “cah-SHEH” instead. Who’s the idiot – me, or them? C’mon … fighting ignorance and all that! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/2 "2013-10-04T18:51:48Z")
You are correct. They are confusing it with [cachet](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cachet). ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/3 "2013-10-04T18:52:01Z")
Cachet is a whole other word. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/4 "2013-10-04T18:52:42Z")
If you mean something that holds or accumulates something (a browser cache, a gang’s cache of guns), it’s “cash.” That’s the only legitimate pronunciation of the word I know of. If you mean the attractiveness or allure or glamor of something, the word is “cachet” and it’s pronounced “cash-ay.” Sounds like your crowd got the two terms and pronunciations garbled. ETA: Double ninja’d! O no mister kill bill! ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/5 "2013-10-04T19:09:40Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’m working around people who all pronounce it “cah-SHEH” If you can get them to Google this, they’ll find plenty of references that explain the correct pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/6 "2013-10-04T19:10:39Z")
I have used ‘cash’ but I believe the military used the word cash’e instead for the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/7 "2013-10-04T19:21:19Z")
Am I the only one who says it with a long A sound? “Caysh”? I mean it technically has a magic e which should make the preceding vowel long, right? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/8 "2013-10-04T19:25:01Z")
Pronounced like ‘cash’. Though I’ve heard others pronounce it differently. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/9 "2013-10-04T20:04:31Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Am I the only one who says it with a long A sound? “Caysh”? I mean it technically has a magic e which should make the preceding vowel long, right? Of course. Just like “have” and “give” and “love”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/10 "2013-10-04T21:18:12Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Am I the only one who says it with a long A sound? “Caysh”? I mean it technically has a magic e which should make the preceding vowel long, right? I do this, at least in my head. If I say it out loud I have to remind myself that this is one of those words that is pronounced differently than I think it should be. Like “desultory.” ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/11 "2013-10-04T21:20:27Z")
Caysh is the correct pronunciation. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/12 "2013-10-04T21:37:32Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > Caysh is the correct pronunciation. For whom, and where, and in what era, and in what cite? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/13 "2013-10-04T21:43:12Z")
In IT in Australia it is kaysh. cache ``` noun 1. /kæʃ/ (say kash) a store of provisions, treasure, etc., especially one hidden in the ground. 2. /kæʃ/ (say kash) a store of food collected by some animals for the winter. 3. /kæʃ/ (say kash) a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for such provisions, treasure, etc. 4. /keɪʃ/ (say kaysh) → cache memory. –verb (t) (cached, caching) 5. /kæʃ/ (say kash) to put in a cache; conceal; hide. 6. /keɪʃ/ (say kaysh) Computers to put into cache memory: this information is cached to increase speed. [French, from cacher hide] ``` [http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au](http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/14 "2013-10-04T21:58:52Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > For whom, and where, and in what era, and in what cite? Appalachia. Cite? _Deliverance._ ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/15 "2013-10-04T22:15:01Z")
As a geocacher I’ve heard a _lot_ of people say the word “cache”, and I’ve only ever known one person who pronounces it as kaysh. That person is Australian. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/16 "2013-10-04T22:35:32Z")
My boss says “catch”. But then, he’s a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/17 "2013-10-04T22:41:42Z")
This midwesterner pronounces it “cash,” but “cashay” is also recognized here. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/18 "2013-10-04T22:46:39Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > You are correct. They are confusing it with [cachet](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cachet). That or they’re thinking of forte. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/19 "2013-10-05T00:10:54Z")
Are you working around military personnel or government contractors? For some reason, nobody in the Army can be bothered to look in a dictionary. 99% will pronounce it as “Cash-ay”. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383/20 "2013-10-05T00:18:30Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Two syllables, or one? > > All my life, the word “cache” (meaning either specifically temporary storage for computer-y info like your browser history, or a general stash/storage meaning like squirrels hiding acorns) has been pronounced like the word “cash” (meaning dollah-dollah-bill yo) but now I’m working around people who all pronounce it “cah-SHEH” instead. > > Who’s the idiot – me, or them? C’mon … fighting ignorance and all that! It is pronounced like the word ‘cash’. Your associates are incorrect. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-cache/670383.md?page=2)