"Jag-wire" vs. "Jag-waarr"

[rainman::|:|]

Originally posted by rjrufo
I think it's funny that everyone is arguing over how other people talk. Heck, even people in the same country can't talk the same. I'm in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. People here talk different than they do in New York City, New York, USA. And New Yorkers talk different than people in Washington D.C., USA. People in all three cities talk different than people in the Georgia, USA. People in Georgia talk different than people in Chicago, Illinois, USA, who talk different than people in Dallas, Texas, USA. I can keep going, but I think you get the picture.
Pretty strainge, isn't it?

boston accents are funny

say it with me, "yaRd". RRRRRRR

hehe just giving you crap

i think it's funny how people in other countries interpret the American accent. For the most part it's okay, but sometimes they pronounce certain words with a southern drawl, or some other regional accent, and it takes you totally out of the character and makes you laugh. it's gotta be confusing as hell for other people to try and figure out American accents, because as you said it can change dramatically from place to place, even nearby...

pnw

 

[lmalave]

Originally posted by medea
Ok I'll repeat it again, it is actually pronounced
jg?wär' or jg?y??-är' and it's a portuguese/spanish word
yaguar actually not j sound it it at all.

Actually, you're right - I looked up the etymology of the word. Comes from the Guarani word yaguar, Guarani being Native Americans originally from Brazil/Paraguay/Argentina

 

[rjrufo]

Originally posted by paulwhannel


boston accents are funny

say it with me, "yaRd". RRRRRRR

hehe just giving you crap

pnw

What's even funnier, is the midwest, Indiana to be more specific. They add the R where it shouldn't be, like "warsh" instead of "wash".

BTW, I'm not originaly from Boston, so I don't have the accent, but my wife does. She say's "Pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd." I'm used to it now, but when we first met, I used to tease her about it all the time.

(Edited some spelling)

 

[Rajj]

Originally posted by rjrufo


What's even funnier, is the midwest, Indiana to be more specific. They add the R where it shouldn't be, like "warsh" instead of "wash".

BTW, I'm not originaly from Boston, so I don't have the accent, but my wife does. She say's "Pahk the cah in hahvahd yahd." I'm used to it now, but when we first met, I used to tease her about it all the time.

(Edited some spelling)

Ha ha ha haha!!!
You are so right!!!!
And in Chicago (Chi-town) they say stoe instead of store!!!!

And on the west coast they pronounce everything out, like Grandmother or Grandfather, like it should be, but in the south they say Granny or Grandpa!!!!
I could go on and on but it is futile to do so, because people are going to talk how they want to!!