Jagwire

[Tom Zurinskas]

Enter this edress and hit the play button twice to bring up my sound byte on "jaguar and the gowly r."

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Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:07:12 -0500
> From: geoffnathan at WAYNE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Jagwire
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Geoff Nathan
> Subject: Re: Jagwire
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> Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>> Britons usually say "Jag-u-ar." They also say "Antig-u-a"
>> and "Nicarag-u-a."
>>
>> The "Jag-u-ar" pronouncer in a TV commercial aimed at Americans was
>> undoubtedly hired to enhance the car's snob appeal.
>>
>> Old saying: "Everything sounds snootier with an English accent."
>>
>> Well, some English accents.
>>
>> JL
>>
> Canadians also add 'biling-you-alism'. I am part of a small research
> group of linguists here at Wayne looking at bilingual first language
> acquisition, but we can't seem to agree on how to pronounce the name of
> our major topic (one Spaniard, one Canadian and me).
>
> Geoff
>
> Geoff Nathan
> Wayne State University
> geoffnathan at wayne.edu
>
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