Ever hear anyone pronounce "garbage" like it's French? They pronounce it so it sounds like "garage" only with a 'b' in the middle. "Gar-bahj."
My mom used to do this, and I didn't think anyone else did this until I heard a teacher in grade school do this.
"I need to empty the gar-bahj."
"I found some gum in the gar-bahj."
Maybe garbage collecters with a badge.
It came from an ad campaign in the 1970s where Jonathan Winters portrayed a fastidious British-accented trash collector:
Quote from: bandit957 on October 05, 2017, 10:10:37 AM
Ever hear anyone pronounce "garbage" like it's French? They pronounce it so it sounds like "garage" only with a 'b' in the middle. "Gar-bahj."
My mom used to do this, and I didn't think anyone else did this until I heard a teacher in grade school do this.
"I need to empty the gar-bahj."
"I found some gum in the gar-bahj."
What is with you and used gum and gar-bahj?
I've been known to say tah-bul instead of table
:-D
I got my gar-bahj receptacles at Tar-zhaay.
Quote from: briantroutman on October 05, 2017, 10:42:25 AMIt came from an ad campaign in the 1970s where Jonathan Winters portrayed a fastidious British-accented trash collector:
British-accented? Sounds American to me!
Posher Brits say /ɡæˈrɑːʒ/ (gah-rahj) rather than the standard En-UK /ˈɡærɪdʒ/ (ga-rige) for garage, but I've never heard 'gah-bahj'.
Why? How the hell do you pronounce it?
I've heard people pronounce it that way as something of a joke all my life.
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on October 05, 2017, 12:10:42 PM
I got my gar-bahj receptacles at Tar-zhaay.
Is that next to Mar-SHAHLls?
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 05, 2017, 10:15:06 PM
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on October 05, 2017, 12:10:42 PM
I got my gar-bahj receptacles at Tar-zhaay.
Is that next to Mar-SHAHLls?
No, next to Joc Pa-nay :spin:
Think I've usually heard it as Tarj-ay.
There was a horrible TV movie about a killer tornado that destroyed Chicago. I think it was called Category 6. Anyway, in the movie, Nancy McKeon played a Chicago TV reporter, and in trying to chase the tornado, said "Turn on Armitage!"
In Chicago, we pronounce it ARM-I-TIGE. She pronounced it ARM-I-TAHJ