This must be a regional thing. In a country as big as teh USA, there are lots
or regional things. Don't know how a Texan can talk to folks in Boston. But I
do know that Garidge is almost unheard of here in the center of the US.
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From: "Jez Cunningham" <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 1:26:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Camoflage + linguistics ... Jez
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.
>
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>
> 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!)
>
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> 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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