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[Facts] How do you pronounce Giada?
How is the Italian, Giada, pronounced? I assume: soft 'g' short 'a' then 'dah' accent on the first syllable.Does the 'a' rhyme with "Donna" (or Gianna) is my main question, or is a long 'a' as in the English "Jade"? My husband, who's Italian, puts a slight 'i' sound where the 'i' is, stretches the 'a'and shortens the length of time on the final syllable. As an American with the name, how would it be said conversationally?
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g-yah-dah"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist." -G. Steinem
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Chef Giada De Laurentiis pronounces her name as Gee-ah-dah.
-Lissa Hannah-
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That's not correct in Italian, though.:-)
ChrisellAll we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Agreed. Should definitely be JA-da_____________________________________________________________________"Dream like you'll live forever. Live like you'll die today."Elinor
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Maybe she "Americanized" the pronunciation of her name? Or, maybe she, herself, is clueless. LOL. People josh her because she only minored in culinary arts, so maybe she doesn?t know her name, either. :)
-Lissa Hannah-
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JAH-dah.
~~ Claire ~~
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Thanks much - that's what I was trying to write :-)
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Yep, with the stress on the "jah":)
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