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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Antique Cars / January 2008Pronouncciation
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. Stude <midlant@earthlink.net> wrote in article <9de8ca5b-4d3b-4bd4-a75e-af31ba035169@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>... > ja'ou'are > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 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"). > Stude <midl...@earthlink.net> wrote in article > <9de8ca5b-4d3b-4bd4-a75e-af31ba035...@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > 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. >> Stude <midl...@earthlink.net> wrote in article >> <9de8ca5b-4d3b-4bd4-a75e-af31ba035...@k39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >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. > On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:18:35 -0800 (PST), Stude > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > - 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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