How to pronounce a couple of words

I do not know how to use the usual pronunciation key thingys, so I'll try to get my thought across phonetically
Shone, as in The moon shone on the water.
Is it properly pronounced:
Sh-own
OR
Sh-awn?

And

Jaguar
Jagwar
OR
Jag-u-ar?

Thanks
ERic

Hi,

Jaguar. In British English it is Jag-u-ar but I believe that in American English it is Jagwar

Don't forget that there is a /j/-sound in there! /Jagwar/ is the most commonly heard pronunciation in the US, although the 'British' one is also used by some GAE speakers. A GAE speaker would always pronounce the 'r', though.

Englishuser

Englishuser wrote:

Hi, Jaguar. In British English it is Jag-u-ar but I believe that in American English it is Jagwar Don't forget that there is a /j/-sound in there! /Jagwar/ is the most commonly heard pronunciation in the US, although the 'British' one is also used by some GAE speakers. A GAE speaker would always pronounce the 'r', though. Englishuser

Using / /'s imply that you're using phonemic IPA or XSAMPA transcription. If this is the case then that means that you pronounce "jaguar" as /jagwar/, which written in fauxnetics would be approximately "yahgwahr". Somehow I don't think you meant it that way. In IPA/XSAMPA, the letter "j" is pronounced like "y" in English. I myself, pronounce jagwar as [dZegwaI@r\], or in fauxnetics: jay-gwire. In my particular dialect, / { / ("a" as in "hat") is realised as [ e ] ("a" as in hate) before [ g ]. In other North American dialects that do not possess the bag-beg-vague vowel merger, it would be pronounced as either [dZ{gwaI@r\] (same as above, but with the vowel in "hat" rather than "hate") or [dZ{gwar\] (jaehgwahr). >> Jag-u-ar << Should I assume this is [dZ{guar\]? --Marvin A.

>> Jag-u-ar << Should I assume this is [dZ{guar\]?

I think the poster was indicating 'jag-yoo-ar.  I'm guessing that's what you write as ['dZ{g ju ar\]

CJ

It's always /ˈdʒægjʊə/ in 'Standard British' RP English pronunciation*.

In the US it seems that /ˈdʒægwɑːr/ or /ˈdʒægjʊɑːr/ as one of the posters mentioned are the norm.

Remember US English prefers the rhotic 'r' as does Scottish English and therefore Scottish pronunciation would be another variant as in /ˈdʒægjʊər/

*As Scotland is part of Britain, the term 'Standard British' only refers to England and Wales and as such the term 'British' English is somewhat misleading!

Hope that helps...