Thread: Pronouncciation
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Old January 29th 08, 09:18 PM posted to rec.autos.antique
Stude
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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.
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