People who call garbage gar-bahj

[bandit957]

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."

[Roadgeekteen]

 Maybe garbage collecters with a badge.

[briantroutman]

It came from an ad campaign in the 1970s where Jonathan Winters portrayed a fastidious British-accented trash collector:

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

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?

[Jardine]

I've been known to say tah-bul instead of table

[MikeTheActuary]

I got my gar-bahj receptacles at Tar-zhaay.

[english si]

It 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'.

[Brandon]

Why?  How the hell do you pronounce it?

[hbelkins]

I've heard people pronounce it that way as something of a joke all my life.

[jp the roadgeek]

I got my gar-bahj receptacles at Tar-zhaay.

Is that next to Mar-SHAHLls?

[Revive 755]

I got my gar-bahj receptacles at Tar-zhaay.

Is that next to Mar-SHAHLls?

No, next to Joc Pa-nay 

Think I've usually heard it as Tarj-ay.

[inkyatari]

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