How do you pronounce 'garage'?

[Samaro]

Graudge? Grahdge?

I guess?? If I could type in IPA, that’d be easier.

We cut out the first syllable’s vowel, and the second vowel is said similar to the augh in “caught” or the o in “cod.” I hope that helps.

[Jordan...]

Garridge, because I'm not a southern softy /s

 

But seriously, g-rahj sounds too posh for lil' ol' Nottinghamshire.

[Lysandre, the Star-Crossed]

On 9/10/2022 at 7:26 PM, Ceebs said:

Yeah that's my impression. My source of knowing that is mostly... uhhh, the internet I guess haha, podcasts and stuff... and also my ex-husband, who's from Massachusetts. Dunno if people in other parts of the States say anything else though.

Some places it almost sounds more like "groj"

[Sister Mercurial]

On 9/14/2022 at 4:51 AM, Samaro said:

If I could type in IPA, that’d be easier.

It would look even weirder if I typed after drinking IPA.  

[Ceebs]

1 hour ago, Sister Mercurial said:

It would look even weirder if I typed after drinking IPA.  

That's the first thing I always think when I read 'IPA'. 😂

[Gloomy]

Grawdg. I’ve hard people pronounce it like ga-rawdg and gare-rawdg too. I’m from Southern California.

[Latestarter]

On 9/11/2022 at 2:09 AM, ElloryJaye said:

My mum was born in Sudbury, though... is that northern or central?

I live near Sudbury but this one is in Derbyshire, UK.

[Latestarter]

On 9/16/2022 at 5:51 AM, Jordan... said:

Garridge, because I'm not a southern softy /s

 

But seriously, g-rahj sounds too posh for lil' ol' Nottinghamshire.

UK splits often into soft vowels in the south and hard vowels in the north.  I grew up in Yorkshire and still say garridge (rhymes with carriage).  Have lived in Staffordshire for years and most people say the same but some go for garaaage.

[Grumpy Alien]

guh-raj

I can't tell where my emphasis even is? It's like a soft emphasis on just the G and elongating the aazh noise at the end

 

According to wiki, it's this /ɡəˈɹɑd͡ʒ/

[Guest]

Garr aahje

 

like rhyming with mirage sort of? but with Garr at the start rhyming with Car

 

So rhyming with 'Car' and 'charge' (without the R in charge)

 

Garr aahje

[Skycaptain]

Rhymes with carriage 

[Blueberry Pie]

Guh-raj

Voted for the second-to-last one.

 

I’m from Massachusetts.

[iff]

@Ceebs

 

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