villaajax Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Jaguar (at least in the US) finally conceding that it's Jag-waar not Jag-yew-are THIS is correct. My team is the JAG-WAARS. Just sayin'. Also, Danny....what the hell are you talking about? These of course What did you think I was talking about? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingbird_franklin Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Seeing as we make the cars it's only fair we get to decide on the correct pronunciation So Jag-yew-are it is then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briggaman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Say it with me now. Jag-yew-er... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Jagger Jagger Moves Like Jagger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Jagger Jagger Moves Like Jagger *Aims imaginary gun at Legov* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingbird_franklin Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Say it with me now. Jag-yew-er... works just as well, the very slight difference in pronunciation I'll put down to accent. In fact I guess with my accent it's more Jag-yew-a It's the yew in the middle that's the important bit that makes it a 3 syllable word rather than a retarded sounding 2 syllable one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2012 Yeah... it's Jag-yew-er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Yeah, it's Jag-waar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 surely the "u" in jaguar kinda gives a small clue as to how it's pronounced ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingbird_franklin Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Yeah, it's Jag-yew-er not Jag-waar. now that's better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Jag-ewe-arr. End of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 17, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2012 I work for them, and pretty sure no-one in the whole company calls it Jag-waaar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 From the Oxford English Dictionary: Jaguar Pronunciation: /ˈdʒagjʊə/ Which is the 'Jag-yew-er' pronounciation. You can't argue with the Oxford English Dictionary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 surely the "u" in jaguar kinda gives a small clue as to how it's pronounced ? No, it doesn't. ................And DON'T call me Shirley. *side note* haven't been feeling the best lately, but being able to do that wonderfully crap joke just made my night. It's the little things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Jag-yew-er sounds like an American pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Jag-yew-er sounds like an American pronunciation. Americans say Jag-waar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Jag-yew-er sounds like an American pronunciation. Americans say Jag-waar Not saying it is, but it sounds like it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 18, 2012 The correct pronunciation is yag-waar (from the Tupi-Guarani languages of the Brazilian interior). American English gets the first sound wrong, transliterating the "y" into a "j", but other than that pronounces it correctly. The British pronunciation makes the same transliteration and then tries to pronounce it as an English word and ends up adding a syllable. The American pronunciation is closer to the correct one, ergo, more correct. Now if Jaguar were to abandon any pretense of connection with the cat, this argument holds no water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 The correct pronunciation is yag-waar (from the Tupi-Guarani languages of the Brazilian interior). American English gets the first sound wrong, transliterating the "y" into a "j", but other than that pronounces it correctly. The British pronunciation makes the same transliteration and then tries to pronounce it as an English word and ends up adding a syllable. The American pronunciation is closer to the correct one, ergo, more correct. Now if Jaguar were to abandon any pretense of connection with the cat, this argument holds no water. Levi= super hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockingbird_franklin Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 The correct pronunciation is yag-waar (from the Tupi-Guarani languages of the Brazilian interior). American English gets the first sound wrong, transliterating the "y" into a "j", but other than that pronounces it correctly. The British pronunciation makes the same transliteration and then tries to pronounce it as an English word and ends up adding a syllable. The American pronunciation is closer to the correct one, ergo, more correct. Now if Jaguar were to abandon any pretense of connection with the cat, this argument holds no water. So in Tupi-Guarani the word for a jaguar is pronounced as Yag-war, but the English word for a Jaguar is pronounced Jag-yew-er, Seeing as we're speaking English I guess that confirms the correct pronunciation in our case is Jag-yew-er. When America start using Tupi-Guarni as an official language you can feel free to pronounce it Jag-waar if you like, but please not in reference to the rather splendid motor cars. It doesn't matter were the word derives from, if it did all those French and German derived words in the English language should be pronounced as the French or Germans would. As an example the french pronounce the number six as sis, now obviously if I'm counting in English I wouldn't use the french pronouncement would I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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