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To: Paradox
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=cache

http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
The above link has a free audio pronunciation.
Type in cache.



Main Entry: 1cache
Pronunciation: 'kash
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from cacher to press, hide, from (assumed) Vulgar
Latin coacticare to press together, from Latin coactare to compel,
frequentative of cogere to compel -- more at COGENT
Date: 1797
1 a : a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions
or implements b : a secure place of storage
2 : something hidden or stored in a cache
3 : a computer memory with very short access time used for storage of
frequently used instructions or data -- called also cache memory



44 posted on 04/09/2003 9:20:39 PM PDT by this_ol_patriot
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To: this_ol_patriot
How many of the countries that are part of the Coalition of Freedom are countries that became free as a direct and/or indirect result of the U.S. or the policies, either open or covert, of the U.S.? Count them. And don't forget the U.K.
90 posted on 04/09/2003 9:33:47 PM PDT by Ymani Cricket
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To: this_ol_patriot
Oh, man, thank you and others for bringing up the "cache" pronunciation issue...was driving me nuts. :p Or rather the snotty English major part of me, heh, the same part that still would REALLY like His Kickassness-in-Chief to say "nuclear" correctly just *once*...
614 posted on 04/10/2003 2:17:30 AM PDT by Kip Lange (The Khaki Pants of Freedom)
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