# British pronunciation of "jaguar" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487 "2002-12-23T04:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/41 "2002-12-27T05:05:45Z")
say ‘an’ (as in an apple, but without apple) then say ‘ass’ (the horse type creature) barely sounding the ‘s’ then say ‘pathetic’ without the ‘pa’ that is exatly how we say anaesthetic. for anaesthetist. same as above but replace ‘ass’ with the pronunciation of ‘east’ without the ‘t’ and take the ‘c’ off pathetic (as well as the ‘pa’) and replace that ‘c’ with ‘ist’ (Boy am I bored) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/42 "2002-12-27T05:07:00Z")
and also reduce to about half the pronunvciaton of the ‘thet’ in pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/43 "2002-12-27T05:08:17Z")
zed’s dead baby. ---
**Author:** ![Paddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Paddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paddle)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/44 "2002-12-27T10:52:10Z")
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa, Lobsang! Surely you must say zed. I’ve never heard anyone from the IoM say zee? Paddle. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/45 "2002-12-27T22:51:55Z")
I was joking. I say zed. I was just quoting ‘pulp fiction’ for no apparent reason. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/46 "2002-12-28T00:07:51Z")
**Paddle** - Oh please put my mind at rest - it looks like a sort of phonetic spelling for “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” - but is it? I have in mind Scottish Gaelic, so for all I know that could be perfect Cornich or Maqnx. Yours, Bemused of Glasgow ---
**Author:** ![Paddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Paddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paddle)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/47 "2002-12-28T00:08:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*I was joking. I say zed. I was just quoting ‘pulp fiction’ for no apparent reason. \*\* Oh. :o Appologies for my ignorance, stupidity and general ineptitude. \ ---
**Author:** ![Paddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@Paddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paddle)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/48 "2002-12-28T00:16:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Celyn \* > \*\ ***Paddle** - Oh please put my mind at rest - it looks like a sort of phonetic spelling for “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” - but is it? I have in mind Scottish Gaelic, so for all I know that could be perfect Cornich or Maqnx. > > Yours, > > Bemused of Glasgow \*\* Manx. (No ‘q’ in the middle of it! :D) Means “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. Sorry guys, I didn’t mean to post so may things of no relivance whatsoever to the OP. Paddle. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/49 "2002-12-28T01:28:02Z")
I thought only a handfull of old manx people knew manx (and those non-manx that bother to read the signs. Although they only know the names of places) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/50 "2002-12-28T01:30:58Z")
The only manx I _know_ is ‘ellan vannin’ (isle of man) ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487/51 "2002-12-28T10:49:15Z")
Sorry re the extra “Q” there - my excuse is I use another VBulletin Board that does allow editing, so… ☹ Thanks for explaining, **Paddle** - I’d have gone on wondering otherwise! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-pronunciation-of-jaguar/144487.md?page=2)