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)
To: Kip Lange
It's pronunciation is often confused with cachet.
Main Entry: ca·chet
Pronunciation: ka-'shA
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from cacher
Date: circa 1639
1 a : a seal used especially as a mark of official approval b : an
indication of approval carrying great prestige
2 a : a characteristic feature or quality conferring prestige b : PRESTIGE
being rich... doesn't have the cachet it used to -- Truman Capote
3 : a medicinal preparation for swallowing consisting of a case usually
of rice-flour paste enclosing a medicine
4 a : a design or inscription on an envelope to commemorate a postal
or philatelic event b : an advertisement forming part of a postage meter
impression c : a motto or slogan included in a postal cancellation
To: Kip Lange
Well I for one prefer my President's mistakes to be mispronunciations as opposed to adultery in the Oval Office.
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