On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:16:05 +0000 Daniel Jaeggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:09:50AM +0000, Ernie Schroder wrote: > > On Sunday 16 March 2003 07:10 am, Doug Gorley wrote: > > > > It is por tauge so yes, like in sausage. I am Canadian and > > > > Americans may say it different. They say we have a accent but I do > > > > not know what that it aboot, eh? :) > > Well, at first I was inclined to go with the French pronounciation but > the Penguin Rhyming Dictionary gives portage as rhyming with -idge > words... > Amazing the varieties of English expression. Before this little interlude, it would have never occurred to me that anyone would actually say anything but pOrt-idge, and anyone saying port-Azh I would expect to be found wearing a beret and carrying a baguette under his arm. -- Collins -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
