Pronouncciation

On Jan 28, 6:56 am, "*" wrote:
> Stude wrote in article
> ...
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> >                                                  ja'ou'are
>
> > That's how the natives pronounced the name of a sleek spotted cat
> > native to their Amazon region.
> > William Lyons, of Coventry, named a car after that cat.
> > Judging by the phonetic spelling, above, that the explorers brought
> > back (along with some cats), the Brits have it right as far as the
> > pronunciation goes.
>
> Most of the Brits I know (and, I used to work in a Jag parts department)
> pronounce it....jag 'YOU' er (rhymes with "sewer").

Yopu'e right. This merely shows hat it's a three sylable word, not
Jag' whar, as yanks say it.
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:18:35 -0800 (PST), Stude
wrote:

>On Jan 28, 6:56 am, "*" wrote:
>> Stude wrote in article
>> ...
>>
>> >                                                  ja'ou'are
>>
>> > That's how the natives pronounced the name of a sleek spotted cat
>> > native to their Amazon region.
>> > William Lyons, of Coventry, named a car after that cat.
>> > Judging by the phonetic spelling, above, that the explorers brought
>> > back (along with some cats), the Brits have it right as far as the
>> > pronunciation goes.
>>
>> Most of the Brits I know (and, I used to work in a Jag parts department)
>> pronounce it....jag 'YOU' er (rhymes with "sewer").
>
>Yopu'e right. This merely shows hat it's a three sylable word, not
>Jag' whar, as yanks say it.

Actually, it shows that pronunciation varies regionally.

If this bothers you, then you'd best keep away from Texas. What they
do to names and words here...

Town of Palestine is pronounced Palesteen. Mexia is Meh Hay ya, except
the hispanics say it Meh Hee ya.
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On Jan 29, 2:46 pm, the heekster wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:18:35 -0800 (PST), Stude
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> wrote:
> >On Jan 28, 6:56 am, "*" wrote:
> >> Stude wrote in article
> >> ...
>
> >> >                                                  ja'ou'are
>
> >> > That's how the natives pronounced the name of a sleek spotted cat
> >> > native to their Amazon region.
> >> > William Lyons, of Coventry, named a car after that cat.
> >> > Judging by the phonetic spelling, above, that the explorers brought
> >> > back (along with some cats), the Brits have it right as far as the
> >> > pronunciation goes.
>
> >> Most of the Brits I know (and, I used to work in a Jag parts department)
> >> pronounce it....jag 'YOU' er (rhymes with "sewer").
>
> >Yopu'e right. This merely shows hat it's a three sylable word, not
> >Jag' whar, as yanks say it.
>
> Actually, it shows that pronunciation varies regionally.
>
> If this bothers you, then you'd best keep away from Texas.  What they
> do to names and words here...
>
> Town of Palestine is pronounced Palesteen. Mexia is Meh Hay ya, except
> the hispanics say it Meh Hee ya.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The love of my life is a Hustonite...Hustoneer... Hostonian..
Damn, she's from 80 miles ENE of Wharton?
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