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Giada- pronunciation?

anna7602anna7602 member
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Is it a long "a" or short "a"? DD was playing with a little girl on the playground yesterday and for the life of me, I can't remember if her mom introduced her as Jah-duh or Jay-duh. We made a play date and I don't want to get it wrong when I see them again (although I'm not afraid to just ask if there's no consensus here).
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  • SmootchySmootchy member

    I read it Jay-Duh. And don't care for it much.

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  • TheWopTheWop member

    Proper pronunciation is Jah-duh. 

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  • ashleymama08ashleymama08
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)
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  • 526SadieSadie526SadieSadie member

    Jiah-duh or G-ah-duh are both acceptable pronounciations.

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  • guilletskichukguilletskichuk member

    imageashleymama08:
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)

    I agree. I would pronounce it Jee-ah-da. But I could be totally wrong. That's just how I thought it was pronounced. 

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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
    I'd say it with 3 syllables. Gee-ahh-duh
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  • anna7602anna7602 member
    imageguilletskichuk:

    imageashleymama08:
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)

    I agree. I would pronounce it Jee-ah-da. But I could be totally wrong. That's just how I thought it was pronounced. 

    Is that how de Laurentis pronounces it? It seems really weird to draw out the "i" given the Italian pronunciation of words like "giorno" (jorno) and Giulia (Julia). But if that's the standard Americanized pronunciation, then so be it.

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  • da731da731 member
    Gee-AH-duh
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  • cndmexbabycndmexbaby member

    imageda731:
    Gee-AH-duh

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  • ames71ames71 member

    imageda731:
    Gee-AH-duh

    This is the only way I've heard it pronounced.

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  • saham07saham07 member
    I have only heard it said as , Gee -ah-duh
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  • Moneypenny424Moneypenny424 member
    imageTheWop:

    Proper pronunciation is Jah-duh. 

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  • 526SadieSadie526SadieSadie member
    imageanna7602:
    imageguilletskichuk:

    imageashleymama08:
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)

    I agree. I would pronounce it Jee-ah-da. But I could be totally wrong. That's just how I thought it was pronounced. 

    Is that how de Laurentis pronounces it? It seems really weird to draw out the "i" given the Italian pronunciation of words like "giorno" (jorno) and Giulia (Julia). But if that's the standard Americanized pronunciation, then so be it.

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  • 526SadieSadie526SadieSadie member
    imageanna7602:
    imageguilletskichuk:

    imageashleymama08:
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)

    I agree. I would pronounce it Jee-ah-da. But I could be totally wrong. That's just how I thought it was pronounced. 

    Is that how de Laurentis pronounces it? It seems really weird to draw out the "i" given the Italian pronunciation of words like "giorno" (jorno) and Giulia (Julia). But if that's the standard Americanized pronunciation, then so be it.

    In English Giada and my name, Gianna, have three syllables. They're acceptable pronounciations in the US but in Italy you'd only hear Jiah-dah and Jiah-nuh.
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  • dojo1dojo1 member
    I prounouce it the way Giada DiLaurentis pronounces hers "Jah-dah".

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  • guilletskichukguilletskichuk member
    image526SadieSadie:
    imageanna7602:
    imageguilletskichuk:

    imageashleymama08:
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)

    I agree. I would pronounce it Jee-ah-da. But I could be totally wrong. That's just how I thought it was pronounced. 

    Is that how de Laurentis pronounces it? It seems really weird to draw out the "i" given the Italian pronunciation of words like "giorno" (jorno) and Giulia (Julia). But if that's the standard Americanized pronunciation, then so be it.

    In English Giada and my name, Gianna, have three syllables. They're acceptable pronounciations in the US but in Italy you'd only hear Jiah-dah and Jiah-nuh.

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  • guilletskichukguilletskichuk member

    imageDO-JO:
    I prounouce it the way Giada DiLaurentis pronounces hers "Jah-dah".

    Oh. Hmm. I thought she pronounced it the other way. I've only ever heard it with her name.

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  • EmilyP103EmilyP103
    imageguilletskichuk:

    imageashleymama08:
    I'm pretty sure it's a short "a"-- I say it like Jyah-duh. I'm just going based on Giada de Laurentiis or however her name is spelled (the chef on TV)

    I agree. I would pronounce it Jee-ah-da. But I could be totally wrong. That's just how I thought it was pronounced. 

     

    Agree.  My cousin has a daughter named Giana and they pronounce it "gee - awn - uh".  (They call her Gia for short!)

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