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the_mystic_dude
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Sun, 13 Jun 04 02:17 PM
Hi!
I was wondering how to pronounce the word "garage", is it more like "espionage" or like "barrage".
Are there differences in that word's pronunciations in America/England, or is there one universal pronounciation?
Thanks a lot in advance ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
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Pemmican
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Tue, 22 Jun 04 12:57 AM
I looked up garage in a dictionary - these are the phonetic notations I could find:
In British English either /'gaera:sh/ and /'gaeridsh/
In American English /gè'ra:sh/. (Always soft 'sh'-sound).
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haoqide
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Wed, 07 Jul 04 10:08 PM
Well, I'm a native English-speaker, and I've always heard the words "espionage" and "barrage" pronounced exactly the same as far as the "age" part goes.
Answering your question, though, "garage" is pronounced like "espionage." The first 'g-' is a hard 'g' sound, and the second is the soft sound you get in "espionage."
I hope that helps.
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Guest,
5 yr 135 days ago
Depends where you come from in England. In the south is garage tends to be pronounced as in barrage. In much of the north it is pronounced differently - mor like "garridge". But espionage and garage are pronounced pretty much the same both north and south (similar to in French, I guess).
Guest,
5 yr 135 days ago
The previous post should, of course, read that "espionage and barrage are pronounced pretty much the same both north and south."
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Fri, 16 Jul 04 09:28 AM
/g&-'räzh/, /-'räj/; chiefly New England /-'r[a']zh/, /-'r[a']j/; Canad also /-'razh/, /-'raj/; British usually /'gar-(")äzh/, /-(")äj/, /-ij/.
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Kekel
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Thu, 07 Jun 07 08:17 PM
Hey folks! By the way, how can I say the strong syllable. Its GArage or gaRAge? I've heard both but I would like to know more about it. thanks!
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Marvin A.,
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Around here: /g@r\{Z/ or /g@r\OZ/
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Orpheus
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Sat, 09 Jun 07 04:33 AM
| By the way, how can I say the strong syllable. Its GArage or gaRAge? |
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I'd say both are correct. It is just a matter of British and American English. In BrE the stress is usually on the first syllable while in AmE the second.
Hope this helps.
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