There sure is a way to get that sound with those letters. It's called "another language's pronunciation", silly arse. There's no reason why those letters can't be pronounced as any combo of sounds. Languages don't cross conform with each other.Beyer160 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:57 amPerhaps, but Captain Lee is an Englishman, and in dear old Blighty they pronounce the name of the car and cat as "Jag-U-war." You can argue whether this is actually correct or not, but the good Captain has generations of cultural history on his side. Also, there is actually a "u" in "Jaguar," while there is absolutely no way to get "wire" out of those letters.ThePearDream wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 12:12 amI don't want to be a pedant, but I'm going to do it anyway.
Jag-u-ar is just as wrong as jag-wire. Possibly more wrong.
It should be jag-warr (rhymes with marr - as in johnny).
If you don't believe me, ask an ancient indigenous South American.
The US/Canadian way of saying Jaguar is much closer to the actual pronunciation of the Mayan word than "jag-u-ar" will ever be.
It's not an English word, man.