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Anybody know who the knuckleheads are that are teaching our soldiers to pronounce the word cache the same as cachet (cash-ay)? It makes them seem uneducated.

awhile back, a friend returned from Beijing, one of his stories was about 'party cawders'. about a day later, i figured out he was talking about 'cadres'.

It is pronounced that way in midwest schools according to my wife, who is from Des Moines. It drives me crazy ( well, it's 1 of the things, anyways )

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Anybody know who the knuckleheads are that are teaching our soldiers to pronounce the word cache the same as cachet (cash-ay)? It makes them seem uneducated.

Probably from Obama, when he called navy (corpsmen) corpsemen.[8|]

ORIGINAL: Schanilec

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Anybody know who the knuckleheads are that are teaching our soldiers to pronounce the word cache the same as cachet (cash-ay)? It makes them seem uneducated.

Probably from Obama, when he called navy (corpsmen) corpsemen.[8|]

All too often they are. Brave fellows.

I forgot to mention. No complaints about 'When are the French going to learn to spell?' [:-]

Come to think of it, I don't think I've encountered any Frenchmen in the forums. Guess they all surrendered. [;)]

I was a kid during the Vietnam War. I remember hearing GIs being interviewed by newsmen then and saying they located "a VC arms 'cashay'".

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I forgot to mention. No complaints about 'When are the French going to learn to spell?' [:-]

Come to think of it, I don't think I've encountered any Frenchmen in the forums. Guess they all surrendered. [;)]

Gladdit has been MIA for over a year. Fishbed was living in Paris, but I belive he's Chinese. We've a few Belgians, Louisiana's and a few of us decended from escaped Quebec qois. And of course the best speaker of I don't know how many languages , Terminus is still on time out. So I'd say your safe for now. Besides, if the French went after everyone that mangles their language , they wouldn't have any time to drink wine or eat cheese! [:D]

ORIGINAL: GI Jive

I was a kid during the Vietnam War. I remember hearing GIs being interviewed by newsmen then and saying they located "a VC arms 'cashay'".

So was I/and so do I. But these same guys were telling the press about "Gorilla's" attacking a village. (Not guerillas). Which always made me imagine oversize monkeys with machine guns coming into town! [:D] (OK, planet of the Apes had not come out yet!). [:D]

Kinda like in 'Captain Ron'.[:D]

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

It is pronounced that way in midwest schools according to my wife, who is from Des Moines. It drives me crazy ( well, it's 1 of the things, anyways )

Girl of the Prairie, a midwestern native, says "kew-pon" instead of "coo-pon." When I object she reminds me that Minnesota's state motto is in French and I need to get my Old Dominion behind in gear and clean the head. When I protest that Virginia's motto is in LATIN (!!!!!!) she just smiles and hands me the sponge.

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: Lecivius

It is pronounced that way in midwest schools according to my wife, who is from Des Moines. It drives me crazy ( well, it's 1 of the things, anyways )

Girl of the Prairie, a midwestern native, says "kew-pon" instead of "coo-pon." When I object she reminds me that Minnesota's state motto is in French and I need to get my Old Dominion behind in gear and clean the head. When I protest that Virginia's motto is in LATIN (!!!!!!) she just smiles and hands me the sponge.

Living across the river from Iowa, I hear that all the time. What drives me crazy is that many of the towns is this part of Nebraska have French origins in their names. When I hear Papillion pronounced as PAP-PILL-eon , I can't help but cringe. I won't even tell you what they do to the town I live in, Bellevue. I used to think only the English could screw up French names that badly! [8|][:D] I can't help but wonder about how the Tribes in the Seattle are think about how badly the locals must screw up the names! [:D](I must make amends![:D])

But who am I to say (or care)? It's their town . Let them decide how they want to pronounce it. [:D]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
But who am I to say (or care)? It's their town . Let them decide how they want to pronounce it. [:D]

There's a part of Winston-Salem, NC called Buena Vista. I pronounced it Spanish-like for seven years and was "corrected" hundreds of times. ("Boon-a Vistuh.") It was funny after the first fifty.

There's a town in the Twin Cities metro named Wayzata. I've never gotten it right, even though I do try. At this point I'm not even sure what's the correct pronunciation.

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
There's a town in the Twin Cities metro named Wayzata. I've never gotten it right, even though I do try. At this point I'm not even sure what's the correct pronunciation.

It's one of the many reasons the 'locals' look at me askew. I pronounce it "Why-zet-tah", which is the way I hear it pronounced on the radio. I'm sure I'm off because I'm not adding, "you betcha" to the end of it or something...[;)]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
There's a town in the Twin Cities metro named Wayzata. I've never gotten it right, even though I do try. At this point I'm not even sure what's the correct pronunciation.

It's one of the many reasons the 'locals' look at me askew. I pronounce it "Why-zet-tah", which is the way I hear it pronounced on the radio. I'm sure I'm off because I'm not adding, "you betcha" to the end of it or something...[;)]

I think Why- is correct. I just can't stop saying Way-zhat-uh. I don't drive through there just to avoid having to think about the place.

Next up--why my 53-YO brain can't ever remember which is which--Eden Prairie and Edina. Or Brooklyn Park and Brooklyn Center.

This is nothing. What about all of those people in Maryland who pronounce our nation's capital as "Warshington"? Where do they get that "r" from?

ORIGINAL: Icedawg

This is nothing. What about all of those people in Maryland who pronounce our nation's capital as "Warshington"? Where do they get that "r" from?

Actually it seens like everyone in the west does too. It's funny but in over nine years of living and working there , I never heard a native call it anything but "D.C." ,or "the district". [:)]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Icedawg

This is nothing. What about all of those people in Maryland who pronounce our nation's capital as "Warshington"? Where do they get that "r" from?

Actually it seens like everyone in the west does too. It's funny but in over nine years of living and working there , I never heard a native call it anything but "D.C." ,or "the district". [:)]

Truman said it that way. It's everywhere.

I was born in W.Va and had an aunt who said Warshington as well as saying I have to do the warsh, and warsh behind your ears, etc.. I thought it was hilarious at the time and I was right.

She made me moon pies though, and that made everything right.