> From: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier)
> Subject: Re: Garage
> To: cobra@snakebyte.cdc.hp.com
> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 92 21:25:46 CST
> Cc: british-cars@hoosier.cs.utah.edu
>
>
> Quite the reverse, old man. The British Anglicize words from French much
> faster than the Yanks, using the accent on the first syllable in nouns.
> I think they don't want to sound like bloody Frenchmen.
>
> French = ga-raj Yank = ga-RAJ (much harder J) British = GAR-idge or GAY-raj
And in some cases the British Anglicized pronunciation has stuck,
even for us yanks, as in the case of claret, for example.
Roland
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