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Just curious as my wife and I pronounce it completely differently. I say jag-wire; she says jag-wahr.
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Usually I say jag-wire. If, however, I've been marathoning Top Gear on BBC America, I absorb the British "jag-u-er"". for a while. Along with a few other bits and bobs of the Queen's English.
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I have never understood why some people say "jag-wire." What part of the spelling suggests an "-eye" sound? "Jag-wahr" has always sounded like the obvious pronunciation.
But then again, I also have no clue why some people pronounce "bag tag" as "beg teg." Some Midwestern thing, I guess?Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.--Isaiah 1:17
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Yeah, that's how I've heard the Brits pronounce the name of their plane.Originally posted by moreta View PostUsually I say jag-wire. If, however, I've been marathoning Top Gear on BBC America, I absorb the British "jag-u-er"". for a while. Along with a few other bits and bobs of the Queen's English.
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I say Jag-whar, but then I say "wire" more like "whar" too. :-)
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I love the way the Brits say it
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This is funny. I once had a conversation about a 'Yaguwa' in Dutch with a guy who applied his own Dutch pronunciation on top of the British English pronunciation. It was several minutes before I could figure out what car he was talking about. He kept saying it over and over again, louder and louder, like I was a deaf idiot.βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι᾿ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον·
ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃Comment
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El hah-gwhar.
Actual Spanish pronunciation.
I tend to leave the "el" off.
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I thought in Canuckistan y'all had four animal names: "moose," "seal,"[1] "bear" and "not moose, seal or bear."Originally posted by mossrose View PostEl hah-gwhar.
Actual Spanish pronunciation.
I tend to leave the "el" off.
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In Canada, they say "Jagwhar, eh?", but they spell it Jaguououour
(they have have a surplus of vowels and are determined to use them all up.)
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I love the way the Brits say almost anything, but then I'm an Anglophile and an accent junkie.Originally posted by Bill the Cat View PostI love the way the Brits say it
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I wish with all my heart that I could speak with a Scots accent.Originally posted by moreta View PostI love the way the Brits say almost anything, but then I'm an Anglophile and an accent junkie.
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They found a bunch of vowels real cheap at a garage sale.Originally posted by Sparko View PostThe first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.Comment
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My middle school was the Jaguars, and I remember everybody else saying it like I do. But I mainly just wanted to make sure that I'm not hallucinating. I agree with SP, there's no apparent reason why it should be pronounced that way."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard RavenhillComment
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