[aashay]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but how do you pronounce HashiCorp? Is it "HAA-she" (rhymes with Kashi, like the cereal) or is it "HASH-i" (rhymes with "flashy")? I'm guessing it's the former since it'd match the Japanese pronunciation of your last name...?

[sparkie]

The "ha" sound is like in hash, but it's a distinct syllable on it's own, without the "sh". The second syllable is more like "she". The "ha" and "shi" have the same weight, so the whole word is 2 syllables and 2 morae, unlike either of the two examples you gave (which are 3 morae each.)

It usually means "bridge" (橋) in the name Hashimoto, but can also mean "chopsticks" (箸) or "edge" (端), with a slightly different pitch (largely indistinguishable for non-speakers)

[mitchellh]

Rhymes with Kashi. ^_^

[recursive]

I'm outing myself as a philistine here, but how do you pronounce Kashi, if it doesn't rhyme with flashy?

[yusefnapora]

I think it rhymes with 'squashy' or 'washy'.

[aashay]

Heh I probably should've gone with squashy or washy, but whenever I try to pick a rhyming word, I take the suffix syllable and prepend every letter in the alphabet until I come up with a word (aashi, bashi, cashi...). Kashi won... :\

[rhizome]

"Kashi" is pronounced like "flashy."

[aashay]

Not using an American English accent. Kashi commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3vOZVUX454

[rhizome]

Huh. About 10 years ago I worked with some people close to the company.