How do you pronounce "Jaguar"?

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
jag-waur.. and what the F is up with alley-you-mini-um for aluminum? That's not even how it's spelled!!!

Actually, if we wanna go back, how they say it is correct and you american's changed the language.

Remember where it came from?

That would be WRONG. Jaguar is spanish in origin, not english.

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
"Jag-you-wuhr"

It's like saying "Porsh-uh". Jaguar is a British company and should be pronounced in the British manner, just as Porsche is German and should be pronounced in the German manner. Or like how, "Chevrolet", being a French name, is pronounced "Shev-ruh-lay" instead of "Chev-row-let".

ZV

Here in Michigan we pronounce it Shev-Row-Lay

 

[xcript]

Jag-you-are.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
All the commericals i hear pronounce it jag-you-are, but i pronouce it jag-war bceause i don't want to sound like a pompous asshat by pronouncing it like jag-you-arrrre

Yup. Me too.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
jag-waur.. and what the F is up with alley-you-mini-um for aluminum? That's not even how it's spelled!!!

Aluminium, the 'British' spelling, is, in fact, the American spelling. Aluminum, the 'American' spelling, was originally British. They just both got munged around back in the 1920's.

Actually, to be safe, I add a few more i's and u's to the word. Just for thoroughness.

Aliumiumiumiuium.

 

[JujuFish]

I have never heard anyone pronounce it any of the three ways you've listed in the poll.

I pronounce it ja-gwär. I've heard it pronounced jag-wire.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
"Jag-you-wuhr"

It's like saying "Porsh-uh". Jaguar is a British company and should be pronounced in the British manner, just as Porsche is German and should be pronounced in the German manner. Or like how, "Chevrolet", being a French name, is pronounced "Shev-ruh-lay" instead of "Chev-row-let".

ZV

Except unlike Porsche and Chevrolet, Jaguar is an English word.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
jag-waur.. and what the F is up with alley-you-mini-um for aluminum? That's not even how it's spelled!!!

Aluminium, the 'British' spelling, is, in fact, the American spelling. Aluminum, the 'American' spelling, was originally British. They just both got munged around back in the 1920's.

Actually, to be safe, I add a few more i's and u's to the word. Just for thoroughness.

Aliumiumiumiuium.

Just like thermenometer?

 

[Jawo]

Overpriced wanna be British!



jag-wire

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
"Jag-you-wuhr"

It's like saying "Porsh-uh". Jaguar is a British company and should be pronounced in the British manner, just as Porsche is German and should be pronounced in the German manner. Or like how, "Chevrolet", being a French name, is pronounced "Shev-ruh-lay" instead of "Chev-row-let".

ZV

When you pronounce Volkswagon, do you say "volks wagon" or do you say "folks vagen"? Because it's a German company and the latter would be the correct way to say it.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: JujuFish
I have never heard anyone pronounce it any of the three ways you've listed in the poll.

I pronounce it ja-gwär. I've heard it pronounced jag-wire.

Those three ways are approximations of the three correct pronunciations listed in Webster's.

 

[ts3433]

I say "jag-you-er" and "folksvagen," but I'm the exception rather than the rule in California.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed

Originally posted by: JujuFish
I have never heard anyone pronounce it any of the three ways you've listed in the poll.

I pronounce it ja-gwär. I've heard it pronounced jag-wire.

Those three ways are approximations of the three correct pronunciations listed in Webster's.

"jag-waur" looks nothing like anything listed in Webster's.

 

[RossGr]

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ
jag-waur.. and what the F is up with alley-you-mini-um for aluminum? That's not even how it's spelled!!!

Considering that the standard suffix for elements is IUM, that is how it SHOULD be spelled and pronounced. We Americans have modified it since someone did not like the way it sounded.

 

[everman]

Jag-you-are-expensive-to-repair-and-not-so-good-looking-but-people-seem-to-like
you-anyways-I-wonder-why-that-is?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/04/04sspy.phtml

Clearly it is Jag-U-ar

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
in espanol

whag u er

um...no.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Ja-gwire.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Jag-You-Are

But when I'm talking about the 'animal', it comes out as Jag-War.