You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Jan 14th 2019, 4:22 pm
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Jan 14th 2019, 4:32 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Drawring?
Jan 14th 2019, 4:33 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Some dialects of English have a rhotic 'r', where it is pronounced after a vowel sound. Mostly Scots-English or Hiberno-English, but it's also found in some parts of England (West Country English springs to mind).
Jan 14th 2019, 4:43 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
That would be Baff. 
Nope. I'm a Brummie and not a black-country Brummie.
I was drug up within a mile of the Jag-you-a assembly plant at Castle Bromwich. My mother still lives there and I have several relatives who work there.
As an aside: That plant started out as an aircraft factory pre-WWII. Most Spitfires came from there. My mother's house was built on what used to be Castle Bromwich Aerodrome.
Nope. I'm a Brummie and not a black-country Brummie.
I was drug up within a mile of the Jag-you-a assembly plant at Castle Bromwich. My mother still lives there and I have several relatives who work there.
As an aside: That plant started out as an aircraft factory pre-WWII. Most Spitfires came from there. My mother's house was built on what used to be Castle Bromwich Aerodrome.
Jan 14th 2019, 5:23 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Even without the information you provided below, you have just out-ed yourself as a Midlander! 
Right, I am agreeing with you, I think. 
Per Yellowroom, and me, someone might pronounce Jaguar as "Jag-you-ar" if they pronounce bath as "barth" or come from the West Country (where a single written a often becomes a "double a plus an r" when pronounced), the rest of us (Brits) are probably going to pronounce Jaguar as you suggested: "Jag-you-a".
…. Nope. I'm a Brummie and not a black-country Brummie.
I was drug up within a mile of the Jag-you-a assembly plant at Castle Bromwich. My mother still lives there and I have several relatives who work there.
As an aside: That plant started out as an aircraft factory pre-WWII. Most Spitfires came from there. My mother's house was built on what used to be Castle Bromwich Aerodrome.
I was drug up within a mile of the Jag-you-a assembly plant at Castle Bromwich. My mother still lives there and I have several relatives who work there.
As an aside: That plant started out as an aircraft factory pre-WWII. Most Spitfires came from there. My mother's house was built on what used to be Castle Bromwich Aerodrome.
Per Yellowroom, and me, someone might pronounce Jaguar as "Jag-you-ar" if they pronounce bath as "barth" or come from the West Country (where a single written a often becomes a "double a plus an r" when pronounced), the rest of us (Brits) are probably going to pronounce Jaguar as you suggested: "Jag-you-a".
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Jan 14th 2019, 5:30 pm
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Jan 14th 2019, 5:42 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
Just hedge your bets and call it a Jag.
Jan 14th 2019, 5:43 pm
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Re: You know you've been living in the US too long when .....
When you can order a bottle of water in a restaurant and they actually understand you.
Jan 14th 2019, 11:08 pm
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