"Garridge", innit? :) (too many episodes of "The Bill"!)
As for taco, I'd say 'standard' English rules say it should be
pronounced 'tay-ko' (though down under we have seen enough "Old El Paso"
adverts to say 'tah-co').
Loanwords are ALWAYS fun. South-east Asia is a popular holiday
destination for Australians, and I came up with a local version of the
"Jamaica/d'yer'mak'er" joke:
My missus and I were talking about a holiday to SE-Asia... I said "do
you want to go to Bali or Singapore"... she replied "Phuket!". So I
said: "Well, if you feel that way, we'll just stay home..."
(Phuket is an island province of Thailand in the Andaman sea and is
quite popular for holidays. Those in the know say "Poo-kett" but most
pronounce with an f and a short u)...
davidt
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 06:29:37PM -0700, Mike Lazzari wrote:
> > ???Garage??? is a bad choice for Brits!
>
> And Canadians, especially Canadians. They butcher (the letter) "a"
> sounds. Across the Strait the a's in "garage" sale are pronounced like
> the "a" in?? the ubiquitous Mexican flat bread the TACK-o or what we all
> drink, ACK-wa.?? I even heard a Canadian DJ correcting someone on his
> show who was calling it a tacko. Apparently it is a TAY-ko.?? ??
>
> M
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