Motoring Discussion > Jaguar - Pronunciation Miscellaneous
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:12 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - R.P.
Listening to a well spoken lady reading a short story on the radio this afternoon pronounced Jaguar with the emphasis on the last "A" pronouncing this letter as A in Apple. I always pronounced it Jaguwhirr...so to speak...any views ?
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:15 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Old Navy
It all depends on your personal local accent, in some parts of the USA its a Jagwarr.
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:19 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Armel Coussine
Jagyou-uh.
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:24 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Skip
Jag you are
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:24 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Armel Coussine
Slow down, li'l Jag-war
Keep cool, li'l Thunderbird Fo'd

Chuck Berry
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:25 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Old Navy
I think that I have a softened London accent, I would pronounce it like your radio, Jag-u-ar.
Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 23 Sep 14 at 18:28
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:27 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Crankcase
Jag u r, as AC says.

Americans do seem to say jagwah, along with "woy yah" for warrior, and "mere" for mirror. Strange bunch.
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:32 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Manatee
>> Jag u r, as AC says.
>>
>> Americans do seem to say jagwah, along with "woy yah" for warrior, and "mere" for
>> mirror. Strange bunch.

It's here now. "Are" has become indistinguishable from "our". The boss has just retired from the local schools where she was a classroom aide. 15 years ago it wasn't a problem, but now the chilluns often try to spell are o-u-r, and vice versa, because the pronunciation has become the same.
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:40 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Crankcase
Pet bugbear: halp instead of help. Chris Packham does it and many other voices on adverts. Also don't like "save up to half price". Feels inelegant somehow. And whilst I'm banging on, parfect instead of perfect.

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New Tue 23 Sep 14 22:31 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Duncan
>> Jag u r, as AC says.
>>
>> Americans do seem to say jagwah, along with "woy yah" for warrior, and "mere" for
>> mirror. Strange bunch.
>>

Aluminum for aluminium.

Maul for mall.
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:28 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Manatee
>> Listening to a well spoken lady reading a short story on the radio this afternoon
>> pronounced Jaguar with the emphasis on the last "A" pronouncing this letter as A in
>> Apple. I always pronounced it Jaguwhirr...so to speak...any views ?

I'm more interested in how you pronounce Apple after that explanation. Arple?
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 18:29 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Armel Coussine
Jagyouah?
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 19:15 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Bromptonaut
>> Jagyouah?

That's one I recall from childhood:

My father's car is a Jagyouahh and it goes very fast.

Spoken by a neighbour's child to my Mother when she lived in Stalybridge.

In spite of being recited by a northerner I suspect all the vowels were elongated in southern way.
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 19:49 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - bathtub tom
Jag, is all you need - if you've got one. ;>)

I used to set a challenge to folk, write: "they're over there with their parents". Few accepted.
Last edited by: bathtub tom on Tue 23 Sep 14 at 19:50
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 22:34 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Runfer D'Hills
Jaaaag old boy, Jaaaag. ( or if it's an X type, Mondy in draaaaag )

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New Tue 23 Sep 14 22:43 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Duncan
>>
>> In spite of being recited by a northerner I suspect all the vowels were elongated
>> in southern way.
>>

Suvverners don't elongate vowels, it's Northerners who shorten them!
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New Tue 23 Sep 14 23:26 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - WillDeBeest
I've been driving in my car.
It's not quite a Jag-u-ar.
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New Wed 24 Sep 14 09:45 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Westpig
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New Wed 24 Sep 14 10:37 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Mike Hannon
Jag-u-er where I come from. Jagwaar where I live. Whatever.
I detest 'jag'. And 'jaaag' is just for morons whose epitome of intellect is 'Top Gear'.
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New Wed 24 Sep 14 11:15 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Cliff Pope
Jaguar was originally SS, but was changed after the war for obvious reasons.
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New Wed 24 Sep 14 11:32 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - Old Navy
I think a pronunciation discussion about Schutzstaffel is a bit beyond most of us. :)
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New Fri 26 Sep 14 07:52 
 Jaguar - Pronunciation - WillDeBeest
...It's not quite a Jag-u-ar.


Incidentally (and a bit late) was this song used in the launch of the X-type?
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Last edited by: WillDeBeest on Fri 26 Sep 14 at 07:53
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