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[RacerX]

So, how exactly should Jager be pronounced? Y'egar or G'egar?

[Nimblewright]

yah-ger

[NeonKnight]

Like Mick Jager of the Rolling Stones!

[Butane9000]

Wasn't there already a thread about this? Didn't it have a poll?

Ah here we go: http://mwomercs.com/...unce-jagermech/

[ScrapIron Prime]

YAY-guhr-mek

Edited by ScrapIron Prime, 06 July 2012 - 09:38 AM.

[Gendou]

It's pronounced "Rifleman Senior."

[Vasces Diablo]

The correct German pronunciation.

[IronGoat]

i wish the BT folks had spelled the word correctly and it wouldnt have caused any confusion.
"Jaeger" is the original form of the word in german if im not mistaken
JaegerMech
sorry i dont have the characters turned on, but there should also be 2 dots above the "a" to show how its pronounced as well

[Lexxen]

It's like Jägermeister except all the bros can't mix this with redbull.

[Madog]

Lexxen, on 06 July 2012 - 09:45 AM, said:

It's like Jägermeister except all the bros can't mix this with redbull.

Now I'm going to name my Jagermech variant Red Bull.

[pesco]

JägerMech.

PS. Now for some exercise! Say Yeh-gah! There you go, correct German pronounciation for Mercans. \o/

[Viper69]

The "J" has a Yay sound. Like the drink.

However on comms I can guarantee people will say jagger mech. In the same was people pronounce Potato differently.

[RacerX]

Thanks guys. The Yay's have it. That's what I always thought but felt it was mispelled. Probably because the two dots are missing from the "a" it is causing all sorts of confusion.

[PANZERBUNNY]

Jagermech is the correct spelling. Not JAEGER.

Sure it doesn't have the umlaut above it, but whatever.

It means hunter.

If anything it is an English adaptation of the German word. Yah-gur or Jagger is acceptable.

[IronGoat]

PANZERBUNNY, on 06 July 2012 - 10:10 AM, said:

Jagermech is the correct spelling. Not JAEGER.

Sure it doesn't have the umlaut above it, but whatever.

It means hunter.

If anything it is an English adaptation of the German word. Yah-gur or Jagger is acceptable.

jae•ger



Pronunciation: (yā'gur; for 1 also jā'gur), [key]
—n.
1. any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
2. a hunter.
3. a member of any of several groups of sharpshooters in the German or Austrian army. Also,jager,jäger,yager (for defs. 2, 3).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.


well seems one is a version of the other at least according to random house dictionary
and the JAEger versions seesm more tied to names then nouns
your 10 % righter then me

Edited by IronGoat, 06 July 2012 - 11:09 AM.

[PANZERBUNNY]

IronGoat, on 06 July 2012 - 11:08 AM, said:

jae•ger



Pronunciation: (yā'gur; for 1 also jā'gur), [key]
—n.
1. any of several rapacious seabirds of the family Stercorariidae that pursue weaker birds to make them drop their prey.
2. a hunter.
3. a member of any of several groups of sharpshooters in the German or Austrian army. Also,jager,jäger,yager (for defs. 2, 3).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.


well seems one is a version of the other at least according to random house dictionary
and the JAEger versions seesm more tied to names then nouns
your 10 % righter then me

Take for example the german AFV's, Jagdanther and Jagdtiger. The vehicles are ovbiously named with "Jager" in mind, not Jaegdpanther, for example.

THOUGH JAEGER seems to be some type of seabird where I assume they took "Jager" from for it meaning hunter, as the bird is a hunter.

Who needs school when we have search engines!!

Edited by PANZERBUNNY, 06 July 2012 - 11:46 AM.

[Wolfclaw]

RacerX, on 06 July 2012 - 09:31 AM, said:

So, how exactly should Jager be pronounced? Y'egar or G'egar?

Yay-grrr-mech

[tegraT]

It's usually written Jaeger because it's Jäger, not Jager. That defining letter, Ä, basically equals AE or ae in how it is pronounced in English. This would of course mean that the correct typing itself would be Jäger.

But in the end, Yeager is indeed how it is pronounced in basic English.

[1stStrike86]

<3 Jägermeister
<3 Jägermech

[PANZERBUNNY]

And people are disregarding what I posted regarding the German AFV's from ww2.

Germans say yahgd or Yahgrmech Yeager it most certainly is not.