British phrases - Page 9

dar512 · 11-29-2006, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

OMG! You're messing with a classic car. It's pronounced Jag-U-ar! Get it right FFS!!!

See. And I think Jag-U-ar sounds pretentious. I admit that it may have something to do with the snooty sound of the guy who did the commercials.

limey · 11-29-2006, 05:55 PM

But Jags are pretentious cars. If we didn't have the potholes we do here, I'd have an XJS convertible (any colour will do

).

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 05:56 PM

lol...maybe so, but it's just the way the word is pronounced - unless you live in the US I guess.

DanaC · 11-29-2006, 05:57 PM

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I admit that it may have something to do with the snooty sound of the guy who did the commercials.

Snooty.......or English?:P

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 05:57 PM

Excuse me, but I've heard plenty of poms who sound very far from snooty. lol

DanaC · 11-29-2006, 06:02 PM

Oh hell I know that....but shhhhhh don't tell the yanks:P

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 06:16 PM

lol...surely even they know that not all poms sound snooty and even fewer actually are?

DanaC · 11-29-2006, 06:17 PM

nah, they think all poms are cockney :P

Aliantha · 11-29-2006, 06:27 PM

well you can't be cockney and snooty at the same time.

DanaC · 11-29-2006, 06:29 PM

One would think not!

dar512 · 11-29-2006, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Snooty.......or English?:P

Snooty. I can tell the difference. As I said at the beginning of this thread, I love English literature and English phrases.

After thinking about Limey's comment, I think maybe snooty was what they were shooting for, in any case.

monster · 11-29-2006, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

well you can't be cockney and snooty at the same time.

Well no, but then you only need to look at Mary Poppins to see how well either concept is understod

monster · 11-29-2006, 10:33 PM

btw, they pronounce Nicargua to rhyme with Jaguar. Weirdos. :p

DanaC · 11-30-2006, 03:47 AM

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Snooty. I can tell the difference. As I said at the beginning of this thread, I love English literature and English phrases.

I know....I was just being flippant, forgive me :P

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2006, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

OMG! You're messing with a classic car. It's pronounced Jag-U-ar! Get it right FFS!!!

Uh...it's a Ford.

11-29-2006, 05:55 PM	#122
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	But Jags are pretentious cars. If we didn't have the potholes we do here, I'd have an XJS convertible (any colour will do ). __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

11-29-2006, 05:56 PM	#123
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...maybe so, but it's just the way the word is pronounced - unless you live in the US I guess. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 05:57 PM	#125
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Excuse me, but I've heard plenty of poms who sound very far from snooty. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 06:16 PM	#127
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...surely even they know that not all poms sound snooty and even fewer actually are? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 06:27 PM	#129
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	well you can't be cockney and snooty at the same time. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-29-2006, 06:02 PM	#126
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh hell I know that....but shhhhhh don't tell the yanks:P

11-29-2006, 06:17 PM	#128
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	nah, they think all poms are cockney :P

11-29-2006, 06:29 PM	#130
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	One would think not!

11-29-2006, 10:33 PM	#133
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	btw, they pronounce Nicargua to rhyme with Jaguar. Weirdos. :p __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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