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Yet more evidence that English and American are two different languages. I live near a place called Heysham, which most people living more than 10 miles away get wrong It should actually be pronounced "Heeshum" and almost all non-locals say "Haysham".

Similarly a nearby village, Yealand Conyers, should be pronounced "Yelland Corners" Re: pronunciation is fun isn't it? I've been to Heysham a few times. It's the one with the power station and the spooky ruined chapel, isn't it? The Chapel is St Peters, high on the cliffs overlooking the bay and is the second oldest place of Christian worship in Britain.

You may remember the stone graves cut into the rock - there is some consternation that they may soon fall into the sea due to coastal erosion. Yes, that's the one. I remember the graves well. I was there at night - briefly - the place creeped us out so much that we got the heck out of there as soon as we could. Re: Jag-u-ar is actually correct talking big cat and not car. I'd be inclined to think Jag-war is prefered for the cat, since the cat comes from America, and Jag-u-ar for the car, since the car comes from England.

Of course, dumb yank that I am, I say jag-war for both. LeLoLai 17 yrs ago. If so, in Spanish it has 2 syllables: ha-gwar :. Jaguar etymology. Does anyone know how to pronounce it in Portuguese? I would think that the English pronunciation closest to the original word should be the correct one. My favourite is "Eng-a-land". As chanted at sports occassions. I'm afraid Jaguar is always a three-syllable word for us Brits - perhaps the marketing folk should check US attitudes to pronunciation before the next ad!

I didn't realise you guys pronounced it differently. I've been known to pronounce it both ways Love Jag-u-ars. MargeryK has fine idea re marketing survey. ArJohn 17 yrs ago. I have heard it pronounced. Jag-u-ar for years. But only by Brits. Heck -- in every James Bond movie since the 60's!! I bow to your expertise then. But I've heard nearly every Brit in a movie that does say it call the car by its three syllable name.

Leicester Square. And here I thought I was quite up on British pronounciations. That shows me! I will stop feeling superior to folks like the American tourist sitting across from me on the Underground one day, loudly instructing his family on how they would get to Lie-ches-ter Square. I find it so strange when I hear herbs pronounced erbs. And how do Americans say mirror? I'm sure I've heard it pronounced differently to how we say it- mi-ra. Shadie 17 yrs ago. In fact, an old friend of mine used to argue about that H Of course, she was just an irratating person all the way around, so I say 'mirror', but had a friend from the east coast who said.

Re: what about mirror. But more and more now I hear it cut to "meer" with just kind of a slur in the middle. It drives me nuts. I've also begun to hear more people pronouncing "poem" with one syllable: "pome.

I know all dialects are linguistically acceptible, but that doesn't mean I have to like them all. God forbid that I should ever say drapes or stationery in her hearing. Yes, there are some of those still around. I have no idea why we drop the h! Just that its the way I learned to say it. I was also corrected. Hhehee I am the same way.

I say "Want the W sauce with that? At least I finally learned how to say Thames properly!!! I rarely hear Jag-war, but like it better. For years I thought fast cats were cougars and jaguires, and it confused me : Re: Itly, strawbry, waryer, etc. I prefer vee-ickle, but notice that people who say it that way have a hard time with "vehicular" Keep going -- this is fun! Yuman for human always makes me cringe. Okay, my two cents' worth.

Since when is there a long "I" sound? I do think the guy on the commercials sounds pretentious. Not only because of the Jag-u-ar pronunciation but also because of his tone of voice. As for English sites: How do you guys get Grove-ner out of Grosvenor? I always thought I was being correct to say suh-calk-es, but someone told me they say SEE-cawk-uhs.

So now when I say that, everyone else from New Jersey looks at me like I have three heads! I've always heard it as suh-CAWK-uhs. OT: my favorite New Jersey town name is Hohokus [hope I spelled that right], but that' for another thread. E-F the WW.

Hocus-Pocus in Ho-Ho-Kus. Unfortunately, I don't recall what the story was. I think he interviewed a fortune teller maybe. I say SEE-caucus. No one looks at me funny! A Secaucus P. Another Secaucus P.

I'll keep an eye out for that, watchcat! I used to work there, it's see-CAW-kus. I've heard SEE-caw-kus but not as much. KF-in-Georgia 17 yrs ago.