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Pronunciation Guide to Names
Ghirardelli
brand of chocolate

Name: Ghirardelli
Phonetic Pronunciation: "gear"-ar-DEH-lee
Audio Pronunciation:

Tags: brands  chocolate  

Notes: Some interesting notes from the company website about the correct pronunciation of Ghirardelli:

The correct spelling and pronunciation of the Italian name "Ghirardelli" has long stumped even the most avid consumers of Ghirardelli Chocolate.

Throughout its early history, the company has had to cope with all this and even incorporated it into early packaging labels and advertising campaigns.

For many years, a bright colored parrot and the words, "Say Gear-ar-delly," (a phonetic spelling of the name) were used to help solve the pronunciation problem. The strategy proved to be very successful.




Pronunciation Key
Syllables are separated by dashes
Stressed syllables are capitalized
Quotation marks ("xxx") enclose a whole word pronounced as in American english
Examples below assume an American english accent
Vowels
Example
UH
mother
A
cat
AY,AI
ape
AH
pot
AW
saw
OU
out
E,EH
met
EE
tree
I,IH
bit
IE,Y
tie,try
O,OH,OE
go,toe
OY,OI
toy
OO
boot,shoe
UU
foot,put
R-colored vowels
Example
UR
murder
AIR
hair,bare
EER
beer,hear
OOR
poor
OR
door,for
AR
car
Consonants
Example
B
box
CH
chip
D
dog
F
food
G
go
H
help
J
jaw
K
can
L
look, bell
M
man
N
near
NG
ring
P
poor
R
root
S,SS
sun,kiss
SH
shape
T
tin
TH
thumb,then
V
van
W
wand
Y
young
Z
zoom
ZH
vision
PY
pupil
L-endings
Example
AL
pal
ALL
ball
AIL
pail
ULL
hull
OOL
tool
OAL
coal
EEL,EAL
deal
ILL
pill
ILE
style,pile
Other
Example
IKE
bike
INE
line
ITE
light,bite
ICE
dice