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Cliveden
From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein:
"'"Hardly, sir. It's all we have at Cliveden, sir. Jaguars. Pronouncing the name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables."
Cliv-ee-den?
"'"Hardly, sir. It's all we have at Cliveden, sir. Jaguars. Pronouncing the name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables."
Cliv-ee-den?
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[nq:1]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, sir. It's all we have at Cliveden, sir. Jaguars.
- [nq:1]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, sir.
- It's all we have at Cliveden, sir.
- Jaguars.
- [/nq] Jag-you-ars.
- David
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[nq:1]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, sir. It's all we have at Cliveden, sir. Jaguars. Pronouncing the name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables." Cliv-ee-den?[/nq]
Jag-you-ars.
David
Jag-you-ars.
David
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[nq:1]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, sir. It's all we have at Cliveden, sir. Jaguars. Pronouncing the name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables." Cliv-ee-den?[/nq]
Prof-u-mo.
(It's 'jag-u-ars', innit.)
Mickwick
Prof-u-mo.
(It's 'jag-u-ars', innit.)
Mickwick
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[nq:2]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, ... name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables." Cliv-ee-den?[/nq]
[nq:1]Jag-you-ars.[/nq]
More like "JAG-yoo-uh(z)" for most Brits, I reckon.
(And haven't we've done this before, if not to death?)
Ross Howard
[nq:1]Jag-you-ars.[/nq]
More like "JAG-yoo-uh(z)" for most Brits, I reckon.
(And haven't we've done this before, if not to death?)
Ross Howard
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[nq:2]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, ... name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables." Cliv-ee-den?[/nq]
[nq:1]Jag-you-ars. David[/nq]
****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was to Cliveden. I knew the Jaguar three-syllable pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.
[nq:1]Jag-you-ars. David[/nq]
****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was to Cliveden. I knew the Jaguar three-syllable pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.
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[nq:2]Jag-you-ars. David[/nq]
[nq:1]****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was to Cliveden. I knew the Jaguar three-syllable pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.[/nq]
And the place is usually pronounced CLIVV-duhn.
Matti
[nq:1]****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was to Cliveden. I knew the Jaguar three-syllable pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.[/nq]
And the place is usually pronounced CLIVV-duhn.
Matti
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[nq:2]Jag-you-ars.[/nq]
[nq:1]More like "JAG-yoo-uh(z)" for most Brits, I reckon.[/nq]
Some, but by no means all. Dunno about most.
[nq:1](And haven't we've done this before, if not to death?)[/nq]
Yes. Last time round I think all the contributors agreed with you that it ends with a schwa, which I find surprising.
David
[nq:1]More like "JAG-yoo-uh(z)" for most Brits, I reckon.[/nq]
Some, but by no means all. Dunno about most.
[nq:1](And haven't we've done this before, if not to death?)[/nq]
Yes. Last time round I think all the contributors agreed with you that it ends with a schwa, which I find surprising.
David
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[nq:2]Jag-you-ars. David[/nq]
[nq:1]****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was to Cliveden. I knew the Jaguar three-syllable pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.[/nq]
How are Americans presumed to pronounce it? I've always been a three-syllable man myself. I'm not even sure how you could do it in two rhyme it (approximately) with
[nq:1]****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was to Cliveden. I knew the Jaguar three-syllable pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.[/nq]
How are Americans presumed to pronounce it? I've always been a three-syllable man myself. I'm not even sure how you could do it in two rhyme it (approximately) with
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[nq:2]****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was ... pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.[/nq]
[nq:1]How are Americans presumed to pronounce it? I've always been a three-syllable man myself. I'm not even sure how you could do it in two rhyme it (approximately) with Dagmar?[/nq]
Roughly, although I'm not sure how you would say Dagm
[nq:1]How are Americans presumed to pronounce it? I've always been a three-syllable man myself. I'm not even sure how you could do it in two rhyme it (approximately) with Dagmar?[/nq]
Roughly, although I'm not sure how you would say Dagm
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[nq:2]From the novel "Likely to Die" by Linda Fairstein: "'"Hardly, ... name, as the Brits do, with three distinct syllables." Cliv-ee-den?[/nq]
[nq:1]Prof-u-mo.(Nil combustibus)[/nq]
Cheers - Ian
[nq:1]Prof-u-mo.(Nil combustibus)[/nq]
Cheers - Ian
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[nq:2]****. I missed that completely. I thought the reference was ... pronunciation. The current Jaguar advertising campaign, in fact, stresses this.[/nq]
[nq:1]How are Americans presumed to pronounce it? I've always been a three-syllable man myself. I'm not even sure how you could do it in two rhyme it (approximately) with Dagmar?For the animal, ja-gwa. For the car, ford-tat.[/nq]
Cheers
[nq:1]How are Americans presumed to pronounce it? I've always been a three-syllable man myself. I'm not even sure how you could do it in two rhyme it (approximately) with Dagmar?For the animal, ja-gwa. For the car, ford-tat.[/nq]
Cheers
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