Thanks guys :-)
I can read phonetics and have a Jones (RP) on my bed-table, but my question was
about the US version of camouflage, i.e. how Jim, or Mosse or any US citizen on
the list would say it, /ɑʒ/ or /ɪdʒ/ … ;-)
Amities
Philippe
> Le 21 mars 2019 à 16:49, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Jez is, of course, perfectly correct (although a purist would hold his nose
> at the 'phonetic' rendering!).
>
> The best I can offer is that in British English our pronunciation of
> camouflage is more or less the same as in French (mainland French, that is,
> perhaps Québecois is different, never mind DOM-TOM!).
>
> Piers
>
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> Behalf Of Jez Cunningham
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> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Camoflage + linguistics ...
>
> “Garage” is a bad choice for Brits! The pronunciation will vary from
> “gararge “ to “garridge” depending on a variety of factors.
>
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 14:27, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> A cutie !
>>
>> OTT; I was wondering about the spelling in the heading and looked it up …
>> to discover that the « age » in it seems to be pronounced as in the British
>> English version of « garage » . Is that so in US English too? Or does « age
>> » sound like the ones in sewage, vintage, garbage, etc. ?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Amities
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>>> Le 16 mars 2019 à 20:07, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>>
>>> This Fox Squirrel thinks he can't be seen. This is a favorite perch on
>> a backyard oak tree, and the image is a crop from the Oly 50-200 image at
>> 200mm. I am very pleased with the out-of-focus background that seem to be
>> characteristic of this lens.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190316-P3167957.JPG.html
>>>
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>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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