Let Me Ax You This . . .

[Deeje]

What about GARAGE?

The Americans say "g'rarge"

Brits say "garrige"

Aussies say "ga' rarge"

Should we even start with the NZ accent?

Vowels are all muddled up......"e" is pronounced "i" so "six" becomes "sex"....
"i" is "u"....so "his" becomes "hus"...
"i" can also replace "a" so "adamant" becomes "idament"....
"a" is replaced by "e" so an "apple" becomes an "epple"
Anyone with Kiwi friends knows what I mean.....

 

[Valjean]

Americans say guh RAHGE. Brits: GER ahge.

 

[SkepticThinker]

As a Canadian, "foy - yerrrr", makes me want to hit people. LOL.

Haha! I know, right!?

 

[ChristineM]

Interchangeable underwear....for guys & gals?
Sounds pretty illicit to me.

Great fun, try it sometime

 

[ChristineM]

Whatever...

Jag-wahr, its pronounced jag-you-are and spelled jag u ar, no w or h

 

[Valjean]

No. It's "ha GHWAR", with a gutteral g. It's a Spanish word, like Yama (llama) or armadeeo (armadillo).
Americans pronounce it Jag-war. British: Jag-you-ar.

 

[Revoltingest]

I prefer "jag you are" because it sounds so foppish.
But on occasions when I want to appear manly, it's "jag wahr".
Tis the same with "al oo min ee um".

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

if it's turbine and not turbine,
then is it carbine or carbine?

 

[Rival]

No. It's "ha GHWAR", with a gutteral g. It's a Spanish word, like Yama (llama) or armadeeo (armadillo).
Americans pronounce it Jag-war. British: Jag-you-ar.

Garage rhymes with marriage here in Britainland.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Garage rhymes with marriage here in Britainland.

the marriage in the garage was a mirage?

 

[Rival]

the marriage in the garage was a mirage?

Pity mirage doesn't rhyme with the first two.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Pity mirage doesn't rhyme with the first two.

It doesn't? Seems to here, in the American midwest...

 

[Revoltingest]

if it's turbine and not turbine,
then is it carbine or carbine?

That "ine" ending is almost as bad as "ough".

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

That "ine" ending is almost as bad as "ough".

you mean cough and plough?

 

[Revoltingest]

you mean cough and plough?

Good examples, although incomplete.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Good examples, although incomplete.

Oh, you mean like cooughee and phluough?

 

[Skwim]

It doesn't? Seems to here, in the American midwest...

I'm from the Midwest, the Twin Cities, and we pronounced marriage, garage,and mirage as mar-ig, ga -raj, and mi-razh.

.

 

[methylatedghosts]

Not sure if this one's been mentioned, but:

Especially, pronounced "ekspeshly", for reasons I don't understand

 

[Revoltingest]

I used to say "ek spresso".
Pretty ignant, eh.

 

[Father Heathen]

Pity mirage doesn't rhyme with the first two.

Here, the "rage" in garage is pronounced like the "rage" in mirage, unless Brits pronounce mirage differently, too?