On Sunday 16 March 2003 02:25 am, A. Craig West wrote: > > 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.
Fascinating, Kia definitely pronounces the name differently in the commercials it has aired in my area. I guess that's to be expected though, it's not surprising that they'd localize the pronunciation. > 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. Out of curiosity, is there a cultural/historical reason you can think of which explains why the name of this particular street is pronounced differently? Does Winnipeg have a smaller French-Canadian influence? Evan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
