Late to the conversation but being from the state of Kentucky, the "wire" has it but also being from the state of Kentucky I use JAG.

I have to many rocks in my mouth to eloquently get the "u-are" to roll of the tongue. So its ju ju jus just "JAG"

 

Geet yet?
Yont to?
Ya momnem cumin ovr?
We be sho ta hav sum greenz den!
Tell dat stoopd dog, geton outtaheya!



I yelled over ta ethel, i said "dont look ethel" but it was too late, shed already been mooned! Right there around the grease rack in front of the shock absorbers.....ray stevens


it be pronounced jag you wyre!

 

robrtx, Thank you, Thank you very much!

Can we git in any sort of trouble fer calling our car a Jag?

 

The name Jaguar is derived from the Portuguese for the feline. For Portuguese speakers it is Jag-waar, the same pronunciation style as "iguana" another Portuguese derived word. Ironically, NA speakers are closer to the original.

 

Jag-u-are, Jagwar, now Jag-u-er. I don't know how many of you have noticed, but Jaguar has been running a lot of commercials lately, and it seems that they have split the baby. The announcer on the commercials pronounces it Jag-u-er, with not a really hard "er", but, most certainly not an "are". Personally, I still refer to it as a Jag.

 

The correct pronunciation is written on my license plate, and you are ALL wrong. It's JAG-U-AH. The Brits couldn't pronounce a hard R if their life depended on it.

 

Except that in Portuguese- either Brasilian or European, the J would be very soft, almost a SHH sound.

Maybe Austin Powers got it right with his Shaguar.

 

When the ladies ask me what I drive, I respond with a wry smile, a small wobble of the head and say, I drive a "****-u-are". Always gets a good laugh, followed by a
a quick "Oh, I love Jags". The conversation always gets better after that.

Try it, you'll like it.