Too late now, but you just made me realize that my priorities in life were all screwed up.
Instead of stumbling blindly upon a wife, I should have been shopping for a future father-in-law with a cool car!

 

Yes, yes that is it.

 

hmm... you don't say potassum for potassium?

Or... oh now.... sodum for sodium?

Magnesium. Lithium. (and so on)

 

Of course not, you cornball, they aren't spelled that way.

 

Pronunciation is critical. Many people pronounce different words exactly the same way, even though they have different meanings. For example, the words "burro" and "burrow". They sound the same, don't they? Yes, but a "burro" is an animal - a donkey, whereas a "burrow" is a tunnel that a gopher, prairie dog, or other animal digs in the ground.

The moral of this story is that if you don't know the difference between a burro and a burrow, you don't know the difference between your *** and a hole in the ground!

 

I agree with the way they pronounce it. They made it. However I disagree with a statement made by Jeremy Clarkson in a Top Gear episode where he made fun of an American by the way he said "jagwar". He said it's "jag-yew-ar" like it spelled. This from the country that says "Edin-brah" when it's clearly spelled Edinburgh.

I too quell all by saying "I drive a Jaaaaaaaag."

 

Those folks are from Boston, Massachusetts USA.
Kah = Car
Fah = Far
Yahd = Yard
Pahk = Park
Jagwah = Jaguar

I grew up there. Do I miss it... mmmm, no.

 

Maybe more important do they say it with pride, embarrassment or jealousy?

I've heard an American say Jagwar (roughly that) and it just sounded a bit odd but didn't annoy me at all. (They probably thought I was speaking very oddly, too.)

I've heard Patrick Stewart say it that way. WTF? He was born near where I was!!!!

 

Aluminium is the IUPAC spelling and therefore the international standard. Aluminium was also the accepted spelling in the U.S.A. until 1925, at which time the American Chemical Society decided to revert back to aluminum, and to this day Americans still refer to aluminium as "aluminum".

 

A-loom-i-um is incorrect pronunciation sorry guys

 

I don't mind any disagreement over metal nomenclature but, as an Englishman, I take extreme exception to the term 'Brit'.

Graham

 

Graham,
Please educate me. Why is "Brit" offensive? I always thought it was similar to calling an American a "Yank", which I think is complimentary and not derogatory like certain references to Germans and Japanese during WWII. Thanks.
Stuart

 

I was wondering something similar. (Brit is fine for me, but Yorkshireman is better - OK, just joking on that.)

 

I think he's saying aluminium should be the correct spelling since the other elements use the -ium suffix. I tend to agree.

 

I'm a Geordie but I don't mind Brit at all certainly no insult. It's much easier to shorten than Englishman 😳

 

I did mean that, thanks.

 

Aluminum falls between Magnesium and Silicon. Maybe it should be Aluminon.

 

Seriously !

 

This thread is hilarious, coming from the Porsche world for the past 28 years I see some things remain the same across brands. Is it Por-sha, Porch, Porsh etc etc.

Thanks for the laughs this morning.

Cheers,

Dave

 

How do you pronounce Jerry McGuire?


Jerry Mic-Gwire or Mic-Gu-Ire


I have and will continue to pronounce it Jag-wire, thankyouverymuch.