Voice tube?

[lsanderson]

Eek! I've always lusted after a super sleek microphone headset, and suddenly I learn it's a voice tube? Where's the geek cachet in that? (Send help, can't spell)

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Must copyedit . . .

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

Cachet is a French word and is spelled with a T . . .

Re: Must copyedit . . .

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Not according to the dictionary I consulted.

Although said dictionary lists a common French root for both cache and cachet - cacher.

Re: Must copyedit . . .

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

What word are we talking about? Larry was talking about "geek cache". Cache spelled that way means a place to put things--a cache of food on the trail, or the memory cache in a computer.

I thought Larry was using the word to mean prestigious or fashioable; as Merriam-Webster says at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cachet

2 a : a characteristic feature or quality conferring prestige b : PRESTIGE

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What word are we talking about? Larry was talking about "geek cache". Cache spelled that way means a place to put things--a cache of food on the trail, or the memory cache in a computer.

I thought Larry was using the word to mean prestigious or fashioable; as Merriam-Webster says at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cachet

2 a : a characteristic feature or quality conferring prestige b : PRESTIGE <being rich... doesn't have the cachet it used to -- Truman Capote>

That word is from the French and is spelled with a T.

Don't mess with me on English spelling and grammar! ;-)

Re: Must copyedit . . .

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

It ain't English spelling and grammar; it's French... ;-)

But, yes, you're right. I wanted "cachet." I always try to spell it "cache" and think there's an invisible accent mark on the final "e." (Sadly, there are no invisible accent marks, sigh.)

Re: Must copyedit . . .

[gmcdavid.livejournal.com]

There is also the DBMS Caché (http://www.intersystems.com/cache/).

Re: Must copyedit . . .

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

The point, of course, is that neither cache nor cachet is French. They're both derived from the French word cacher.

I agree that Larry wanted cachet rather than cache.

And you probably shouldn't mess with me about English spelling, especially on words derived from French.