# Pronunciation of 'jaguar'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-jaguar/138108>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 22, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-jaguar/138108 "2002-11-22T05:44:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-jaguar/138108/21 "2002-11-22T17:50:53Z")

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It’s pronounced _throat-warbler mangrove_

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**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-jaguar/138108/22 "2002-11-22T19:30:11Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jjimm \*  
> \*\*“Thart wars the faasterst Jag-war I erver saw”. \*\*

And of course, on Monty Python or Benny Hill, it would have been “I erver sawr.”

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-jaguar/138108/23 "2002-11-22T23:08:48Z")

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Actually, “Jagwire” derives from the once-unreliable electrical junk that all British cars used many years ago. Mr. Peter Lucas was widely known as The Prince of Darkness. Reportedly, Lucas parts are much more reliable these days.

–Nott, who still wishes he had bought that MGA

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-of-jaguar/138108/24 "2002-11-22T23:16:29Z")

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> –Nott, who still wishes he had bought that MGA

It’s not too late.

– Johnny L.A., who is very impatient waiting for his MGB

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