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#111295 09/01/03 11:58 PM
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Faldage's jaguar

Attually© it was the leopard. AKA black panther. Never seen no black jaguar.


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damn. I knew I would louse it up if I didn't check the source...

call it Etaoin's louse.

no, don't.



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Never seen no black jaguar.

'course not, Fong - it's dark in there <g>


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Never seen no black jaguar.

I've seen a black jaguar, but personally, I like them in English racing green better.



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English racing green better

Agreed! btw, how does everyone pronounce that word? I can still remember the shock of my jaw hitting my collar the first time I heard an (Eastern Seaboard) Merrycan say sumtin like "Djag~waahr".


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"Djag~waahr"

and the alternative?



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That's about how I say it. My jaw drops everytime I hear the Brit pronunciation, likewise Nicaragua


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Have you not seen the new commercial for Jaguar? Guy and his co-worker are standing in the hallway at work and a jaguar (the big cat) tears down the hall between them. The guy says, "That reminds me, I've been wanting to get the new Jaguar" or sumpin like that. That's a Brit pronunciation.


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In Spanish, the pronunciation is haag-waarr(purring)

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Source: The Collins English Dictionary © 2000 HarperCollins Publishers:

jaguar ['dʒægjʊə]
noun a large feline mammal, Panthera onca, of S North America, Central America, and N South America, similar to the leopard but with a shorter tail and larger spots on its coat
[ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: from Portuguese, from Tupi jaguara, Guarani yaguara]


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Jag-wahr. You know--the same as wire. Hmm, maybe not...maybe it's more Ja...gwahr. (Aside-- puh-leeze, don't tell me you want it said the way I'm afraid you do: then, I might say, "What a jag you are".)


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