Gwendolin in the carriage!
Sabotage!
Amities
Philippe
> Le 21 mars 2019 à 19:26, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> I park my carridge in the garidge!
>
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 18:15, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Not to put this off the rails, but I'm curious. In a recent post someone
>> implied that pronouncing the place where you park your car as the GAR ridge
>> was at least partly British. I have always wondered where this came from.
>> That's what maternal grandfather always pronounced it that way.His father
>> was (this part f the history is clouded) was a German who cme herer from
>> France, and his grandmother was Swiss. I always assumed it came from one of
>> them. But I don know what happens when you assume.
>>
>>
>> And I can assure you that he was the last person in the world to be
>> pretentious.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:39:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Camoflage + linguistics ... Jez
>>
>> I disagree, Philippe, I believe that British English (RP and otherwise)
>> has the stress on the first syllable of both forms, /ɑʒ/ and /ɪdʒ/ (and
>> both forms are used by different members of my own family). I suspect that
>> US English has the stress on the second syllable of /ɑʒ/ - I have never
>> heard /ɪdʒ/ used in US English.
>>
>> Though this doesn't help with pronunciation of 'camouflage' in US English!
>>
>> But bonus points to you for use of IPA!
>>
>> Piers (stress on the first syllable!)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
>> Behalf Of Philippe
>> Sent: 21 March 2019 16:46
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Camoflage + linguistics ... Jez
>>
>> Thanks Jez
>>
>> The British RP (received prononciation) is the « arge" form, this I know.
>> And I suspect the same applies in Br.Eng. to camouflage for the same
>> historical reasons even though the stress is apparently on the first
>> syllable in camouflage (3 syllables), and on the second and last one in RP
>> garage (2 syll only), making it easier to skid from arge to idge while/when
>> shifting the stress from 2 to 1, hence my question about camouflage in the
>> US.
>>
>> Amities
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>>> Le 21 mars 2019 à 16:06, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>>
>>> “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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>>>
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