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PSA: Brits, biscuits are not cookies

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"Jag-whar" is a US mispronunciation of jaguar. I said it like that until I read and learned that it is incorrect in US and British English, then I never said it again. Just like "Porsh" and "Poor-sha" (Porsche), it is supposed to be "Jag-you-er" even here in The States and we just near-universally screw it up...

Only in the Bizarro world that is the UK. 😀

Nope. It is supposed to be "Jag-you-er" here in the US too, which any linguist will confirm. I once thought that but, in this particular case, I concede to the British pronunciation because I have been proven wrong.
 
Nope. It is supposed to be "Jag-you-er" here in the US too, which any linguist will confirm. I once thought that but, in this particular case, I concede to the British pronunciation because I have been proven wrong.
It comes from the Portuguese word spelled the same way, and before that traces back to the Tupi word jawára. Those words aren't pronounced with a "y" sound, and if you look at jaguar in other languages, they don't have a "y" sound either. It's all a Bizarro UK concoction. 😀
 
It comes from the Portuguese word spelled the same way, and before that traces back to the Tupi word jawára. Those words aren't pronounced with a "y" sound, and if you look at jaguar in other languages, they don't have a "y" sound either. It's all a Bizarro UK concoction. 😀

I'm sorry if you don't like English, as I've said before there are a multitude of other languages for you to speak if you prefer 😀
 
Madonna, huh...


Well... To be fair in that case, we'd have to send you guys Paul Reubens (aka Pee~Wee Herman), Mr. T's fake necklace collection, and a troop rabid baboons.





We reserve the Beckhams for future negotiations.

Madonna for Pee-Wee? That's a terrible trade!!! ABORT ABORT!
 
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