WTF is a Jagwah
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I had a professor from England in college. He pronounced Aluminum as Al-u-min-i-um. I figured that one out quite easily. However, he was talking about Keramiks one class, and I was completely lost. When another mystified student asked, he was able to explain that he was speaking about "ceramics" after pointing to his coffee (tea?) mug.
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Or potassium. You leave the "i" in.
Or the metal / Nirvana's Lithium. Again, that "ium" ending.
Something weird happened in USA with aluminium
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Paaash-ah
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I collect watches. One of my favorite makes is Breguet. Without any clues I always pronounced it Bru-je. I was then told it was Breh-gay.
I had an opportunity to talk to the firms archivist, who is a relation of the founder and has the last name Breguet. I asked him which pronunciation was correct. His response was along the lines “you paid that much money for a watch, you can pronounce it however you like”. I thought that was a funny response so that’s my motto on these thing :-)
I had an opportunity to talk to the firms archivist, who is a relation of the founder and has the last name Breguet. I asked him which pronunciation was correct. His response was along the lines “you paid that much money for a watch, you can pronounce it however you like”. I thought that was a funny response so that’s my motto on these thing :-)
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I can tolerate "Jagwahr" easily enough and that's quite common in the 'States.
I know the Brits pronounce it as three syllables, Jag-you-uhr, or Jag-you-are, or similar....but it just doesn't sound right when Yanks pronounces it that way. It simply ends up as a Yank very awkwardly trying to sound like a Brit, with listeners rolling their eyes a bit
Cheers
DD
I know the Brits pronounce it as three syllables, Jag-you-uhr, or Jag-you-are, or similar....but it just doesn't sound right when Yanks pronounces it that way. It simply ends up as a Yank very awkwardly trying to sound like a Brit, with listeners rolling their eyes a bit
Cheers
DD
Roger Dubois is another one. Its pronounced Row-yer Doo-bow-eeh but people call it as they see it in Yank.
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Yikes! Has no English speaker outside Canada studied French? That watch brand is "row-jay' doo-bwa' ". Two syllables for each word, the stress on the second syllable in each case.
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I know someone named Robert Robert, pronounced Rah-bert Roe-bear.
Also, Richard Richard pronounced Rich-ard Ree-shard.
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