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01-18-2004, 08:51 PM
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NFL Team Pronunciation
It's probably just me; or does one get irritated with how some commentators pronunciate a team's name incorrectly? To be fair; I'm not quite so sure how it should be pronounced, but when it comes down to the Jacksonville Jaguars, is it:
1 -> Jag-WAYhrs or 2 -> Jag-WHAres How do you pronounce it? (Or better yet, provide your own example. I've heard too many of each style to get a definitive answer to this)
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01-18-2004, 08:53 PM
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JAG-wahrs, not jag-WIRES.
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01-18-2004, 08:54 PM
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so-da. not pop.
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01-18-2004, 08:55 PM
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Not Jag-WHERES too, I hope. I've heard a /ton/ of those pronunciations to drive me nuts. Don't really know why, but it just does for some reason. 
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01-18-2004, 08:58 PM
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Dictionary: j
 g wär or jgy -ärBased on your phoentic spellings, I'd say No. 1 is wrong and No. 2 more closely matches the preferred prounciation. |
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01-18-2004, 09:19 PM
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Fav-re
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01-18-2004, 10:43 PM
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JAG-wahrs
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01-18-2004, 10:46 PM
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I'm fine how anyone pronounces so long as they don't pronounce it like that announcer in those Jaguar (car) commericals. You know, "isn't it time you got a Jag-you-are?"
Just makes me want to punch the guy in the face.  CR
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01-18-2004, 11:25 PM
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Perfectly legitmate pronounciation of the word, like "EEEE-ther and IIIII-ther." Just a more commonly British pronounciation, I take it with my conmversations with a my father ( who lived in London for several years, has his Masters from the University of London, and I'm a rabid Jaguars fan) -Anxiety
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01-18-2004, 11:30 PM
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You gotta hear it, though, Anxiety. The guy really comes off snotty.
It probably won't surprise you that the announcer is also distinctly European (although I don't know that he is British). CR
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01-19-2004, 12:11 AM
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Ding ding ding!
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01-19-2004, 03:15 AM
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That is definately something I hate hearing. 3 syllables and all, as opposed to a simple 2!
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01-19-2004, 03:43 AM
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It's 'Jag-u-ar'!!! Say it like it's spelt! Damn Americans ruining our treasured languange!
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