How do you pronounce "Jaguar"?

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Yours and my accents probably vary quite a bit .Probably to us,perhaps not to Americans? 🙂
 
I can usually distinguish British from Australian accents, at least I think I can, but not regional accents. I’m always somewhat surprised when I hear actors from either place speak like Americans, like Robert Taylor in the TV show Longmire. I had no idea he was Australian.

I’m sure we Californians all sound the same to you 😒

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British people can find it confusing to hear “missile” pronounced as “missal” and “hostile” as “hostel”.
 
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You pronounce “Jaguar” like:
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I usually pronounce it “hoo kares”. 😂

OK fine. On the extremely rare occasions when I have reason to say this word, I say JAG-wahr.

Now that I’ve told you, please keep this information to yourself as it is highly confidential. 👵🚬
 
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No Boston tea party?
I’ll supply the tea if you supply the Boston buns.:coffee:🍞
Funny, there’s so many word we pronounce differently ,but I can’t think of them off the top of my head 🙂
 
christofirst said:
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Gertabelle:
Oh, this should be good. I’ll go make some popcorn.
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You’d like to see us fight, wouldn’t you? 😠 Ain’t gonna happen ☮️
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:roll_eyes: Hippy. 👵🚬
 
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BartholomewB said:
British people can find it confusing to hear “missile” pronounced as “missal” and “hostile” as “hostel”.
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Years ago, when in the Royal Air Force, I was hitching for rides. I once asked a driver for a lift to ‘Bi-cest-er’ (near Oxford). 'It’s not Bi-cest-er, ’ he sneered. ‘It’s ‘Bister’ (Biscester).’ I felt so ashamed.

He did give me a lift, though.
 
Near where I used to live is a town called ‘Ynysddu’ (un-is-thee). I was floored when asked by a driver for directions to ‘Wen-zee-do-do.’
 
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Thinking of pronunciations, I ordered an icon of Our Lady of Mount Carmel once from a Carmelite community. I pronounced it car-MEL, like we do the city here in California, but the fellow on the other end of the phone corrected me, “It’s pronounced CAR-mel,” he said, which is how we pronounce the gooey candy confection.
 
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