How do you pronounce reportage?

I say report-idge but it could be an accent thing I suppose. I've never heard it said the way you pronounce it though.

Me too!

For me, re-por-taaaaaaj.

Another for taaarj!

It's French, no? Therefore Rep-or-taajj

Re-por-taaaaaajjjjj for me too.

I've heard a few variations or report-ige though.

Footlong - I think I say it the same - I definitely split the re and por as in re-por-taaarj just struggled to write it down right. Good! as long as there's a few of us in the taaarj/taaaj club, I worried for a minute it was another one I'd got totally wrong but if I'm not the only one I feel much better whatever the right way is!

Sorry I'm being dim but what kind of a sound does tazh have? is it a as in apple or a as in calf? and is zh like a soft g?

Same

Same here. Although I'm a pretentious nobber who once accidentally pronounced Bombardier as "Bom-BAH-dee-ay" ?

I say report-idge. I feel like a knobber saying rep-or-taaaj.

This for me too!

Of course, you were perfectly correct, given that you were discussing the plane/train company, yes?

I've always thought the plane/train company and the beer were both said like this? (glad I haven't said either word out loud to my knowledge ?

And JoJo - Broc-oh-Lie sounds very posh!

Er... *coff* YES. That's it. Nothing at all to do with the fine British ale. *coff*

I hated during the Olympics, too many commentators referring to Atheletes.... There is no third E in the word although "they" found it!!!!!

Ah, you mean calabrese... Lol

I said it like that in my head when I read it...it took me a while to work out the alternative.

How do you pronounce Nougat? If I'm with my mum I say Noogar...with my mates it Nugget otherwise they laugh at me

I'd go for repor-tidge as I'd feel silly saying it the other way

Nougat = noo gaah.

Laugh back at your mates for being so parochial and unsophisticated?

Those saying repor-tidge? Would it feel pretentiously faux-French to say it as repor-taaaaj?

How do you say dressage? Pate? Fiancé/e? All anglicised? 30% of English words are of French origin.

Yep, and me (and my photographer friend too)

I also say dressarj, gararj, patay, (and grarss and barth but I'm sure they aren't French!!)

But one that gets me is clem-ay-tis. I say clem-uh-tis.

And it is indeed a word I use quite often as I grow a fair few of them!

or chocolate choux?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YNSUTqEssg

I'd say all of these the same except garage which is definitely garidge for me - I think its because I grew up liking garage music and I would have been laughed at for saying garaaj music!

Yep, all those others I say 'correctly'; Noo-gaah, Dressarj, Patay, Fee-an-cay etc.

Garage is gar-idge but I'm nothern. I used to say grarrs and glarss when I was a southener but quickly got out of that habit when I moved to the North East!

I can't put my finger on it but rep-ort-aarj just sounds wanky.