CLIK/CLEEK & NATIVE SPEAKER [was ``FAG one last time``]

[Herb Stahlke]

In this part of the country, fish and fiche are both "feesh".
Except for those speakers for whom they're both "fesh".

Herb

<<< JJJRLandau at AOL.COM  3/15  7:52p >>>
In a message dated 03/15/2001 5:07:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tonyglaser at MINDSPRING.COM writes:

> And what about "cache", another word that has emerged from
relative
>  obscurity into wider use with the use of computers

And ditto for "fiche" (as in "microfiche").  I have heard both
"fish" and
"feesh" and cannot determine which is more common.  In fact every
computer
installation I have worked at has had "fish" people and "feesh"
people; no
installation in my experience has had agreement on the
pronunciation.

In 1967 an IBM rep named Mike Hodapp always said "fish" and one
day was
presented with a sign reading
Mike's
Miniature
Marineland
featuring the amazing
micro-fish!

                  - Jim Landau (who prefers "feesh" for no good
reason)