I say "karkee" but some people say "kackee." What do you say and what is right?
2007-03-10 05:44:38 · 25 answers · asked by kangaroo 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
car key lol
2007-03-10 05:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by xXx Orange Breezer xXx 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Khaki Pronunciation
2016-10-18 02:21:16 · answer #2 · answered by conrad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: kha·ki
Pronunciation: \ˈka-kē, ˈkä-, Canada often ˈkär-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Hindi & Urdu khākī dust-colored, from khāk dust, from Persian
Date: 1857
1 a: a khaki-colored cloth made usually of cotton or wool and used especially for military uniforms b: a garment of this cloth; especially : a military uniform — usually used in plural
2: a light yellowish brown
— khaki adjective
2007-03-10 05:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by Shale S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ah yes...this is a strange one. I'm British, so I've always been taught it's karkee, but my wife's American, and she's always said kackee. Given that in the British idiom, "cack" is a soft synonym for "crap", and pants in the British idiom are underwear, hearing my wife talk about her cackee pants the first time was...rather a conversation stopper. I think it's simply a regional or national difference, so neither is any more "right" than the other.
2007-03-10 08:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by mdfalco71 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually, you can correctly pronounce it at least three ways.
The Canadian way, the Amercian way and the British way.
I'm Canadian, so of course it's " car-key" regardless of the fact there is no "R" in the word itself!!!
2007-03-10 19:48:17 · answer #5 · answered by Linda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Car key
2007-03-10 05:48:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Carkey
2007-03-10 05:49:29 · answer #7 · answered by Michael F 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I've never heard it pronounced "karkee". I think "kackee" is the most common, and heck, it makes sense.
2007-03-10 05:48:43 · answer #8 · answered by dark_load1 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, having taken a vote from 9 slightly p*****d people,
we recon it "car kee" Hope so, on behalf of the British
Army !!!!!!!!!!!
2007-03-10 05:51:18 · answer #9 · answered by landgirl60 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As in car key.
2007-03-10 05:55:21 · answer #10 · answered by steve C 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Simple, it is pronounced Khar-kee. In the USA it would be Khack-ee, here it is Khar-kee.
2007-03-10 05:54:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋