Re: Rhys Ifans! Welsh fans, another pronunciation pop question

Steg Belsky wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2004, at 8:09 PM, Sally Caves wrote:
>
>> No more so than the Brits of latter years, who liked to pronounce Don
>> Juan
>> as "Don Joo-inn" and the river Guadalquivir as "Gwaddle Quiver."
>
>
> Or the barrage of British-sounding ads for "Jag-yoo-uh" cars i heard
> and saw last time i was in the 'States.  I really don't see the point
> of those... i understand the American cultural idea of British = posh =
> high-class = good, but where does pronouncing a well-known American
> word in a very silly- and incorrect-sounding way come into it?

It's the correct, way, though.  Jaguar cars are, being made in England,
pronounced [dZ&gju:@].  ;-)