On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Evan Powers wrote: > I am an American, and I also pronounce it roughly the same way as sausage. > I've never heard it pronounced by anyone who wasn't introduced to Gentoo by > me, though, so take that with a grain of salt. > > If I were to think about it, my chosen pronunciation was determined mostly by > cultural influences. For whatever reason my age/geographic group tends to > occasionally stick "-age" on random words and pronounce them in the same way. > And there's that Kia SUV, the "Sportage"; it's name is pronounced this way > too.
We rhyme Sportage with portage, with the French pronunciation. That seems to be how Kia does it, too, at least here. By the way, I do pronounce portage the way you do in one case, there is a street named Portage Ave. in Winnipeg, and it is pronounced the sausage way. I've also attached a sound clip. -- Craig West Ph: (416) 567-1491 | It's not a bug, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | It's a feature...
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