Of course, part of the reason that people don't have yard sales in Britain is that they would not call the un-built-upon fronts of their properties yards. This is another case in which the AmE pronunciation is closer to the original pronunciation than the BrE-which only matters if you're one of those people who think 'older' means 'better'.) Garage is one of the few words (maybe the only word?) that BrE speakers have complimented my ( AmE) pronunciation of. BHM countered that the AmE (and sometimes preferred BrE) pronunciation gər- RAZH was nicer. Better Half's mum said it in her normal way, so that it rhymed with HAIR ridge carriage, and my mom expressed her admiration of BHM's unfamiliar pronunciation. (Side note: The pronunciation of garage was a point of discussion at dinner tonight. Many of these terms can be seen at the Dialect Survey map here. AmE has other terms for such kinds of sales, including tag sale (popular in New England). These things are allegedly named after the locations in which they occur, however the ones I've passed by this week (in NY state) that have been advertised as 'yard sales' or 'garage sales' were mostly actually in (chiefly AmE) driveways ( BrE drives) next to ( AmE) yards or garages. I can't speak for the rest of the English-speaking world, but similar things do exist (to some degree) in England, though not by the names yard sale or garage sale. Do such things exist in the rest of the English-speaking world, and, if so, what are they called?
Getting back to Kelley of Delaware's queries (which I started answering here):Įvery weekend this time of year there are dozens of yard/garage sales in my town.
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