Pronunciation Pedantry

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve) 03/23/2014 at 13:18 • Filed to: None

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It literally makes me bristle whenever I hear someone pronounce "Jaguar," as "jag-WIRE"

It's almost as bad as calling that French car a "Peg-GOTT"
Anyway, have a Peugeot with a Jaguar chaser:

Brian Silvestro > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/23/2014 at 13:35

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I agree with this post

Merkin Muffley > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/23/2014 at 14:10

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As an American and a Jaguar owner, I am of the opinion that we should only ever refer to them out loud as 'Jag(s).' Jag-wahr sounds hickish, Jag-u-ehr sounds affected, and Jag-wire is a class A misdemeanor outside of a 50 mile radius around Jacksonville, FL.

Kookanoodles > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/23/2014 at 14:27

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I agree. Although to be fair, I've never heard an English speaker pronounce Peugeot exactly right. The Brits are really close, but not quite there yet.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Kookanoodles 03/23/2014 at 14:45

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I took six years of French so my pronunciation of Peugeot is as close to French as I can get it: "pyuh-zheoh" with the accent on the first part of the second syllable and then dropping off at the end of the word.

samssun > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/24/2014 at 01:15

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How about the British "JAg you ah"?

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > samssun 03/24/2014 at 07:46

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That's fine by me... although I prefer Clarkson's "JAAAAAAAAAAAG"