How do YOU pronounce ’garage’? Are you posh, or not?

Hello English and accent students! In this video we breakdown the four different pronunciations of the word ‘garage’ and I reveal what this means about your social class. -------MORE FROM JADE JODDLE 👉 Get a FREE lesson “12 Words You Pronounce Wrong”: #signup 👉 Get a clear and confident accent: -------TODAY’S CLEAR ACCENT LESSON In today’s clear accent lesson, we discover the four different ways you might pronounce the English word ‘garage’ and what this might reveal about your social class. In the second part of the lesson, we’re going to learn similar words that end with this spelling pattern. You probably didn’t know that the way you pronounce this word indicates whether you are posh, if you’re at the top of the social scale, or whether you one of the common people, if you’re speech is like that of the common man. How do you pronounce ‘garage’ and what does this reveal about you? 0:00 ’garage’ has many pronunciations 1:01 garage posh pronunciation 2:15 garage middle class pronunciation 3:33 garage working class pronunciation 4:04 garage American pronunciation We then wrap up today’s lesson with some great examples that demonstrate that words that have the same spelling pattern are not always going to be pronounced in the same way. Now for the pronunciation of words with final ’age’ spelling: 6:15 massage pronunciation 6:17 mirage pronunciation 6:20 camouflage pronunciation 6:24 sabotage pronunciation 6:29 espionage pronunciation 8:20 message pronunciation 8:35 village pronunciation 8:41 garbage pronunciation 8: 49 average pronunciation 8:56 damage pronunciation 9:29 pronounce short words Don’t forget to subscribe to my channel for the latest clear accent videos 👉 #BritishAccent #pronunciation #LearnEnglish
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