correct pronunciation

What is the correct way to prononce GIRO? Have heard at least 4 variations

 

Bob <[email protected]> wrote:

> What is the correct way to prononce GIRO? Have heard at least 4 variations

Something like gee-roh, with a rolling r.

-as

 

### On Sat, 01 Mar 2003 03:43:44 GMT, "Bob" <[email protected]>
### casually decided to expound upon rec.bicycles.misc the following thoughts about correct
### pronunciation:

B> What is the correct way to prononce GIRO? Have heard at least 4 variations

Merriam-Webster doesn't give the exact definition (in cycling context) but the word is the same as
is the phonetics:

Main Entry: gi·ro Pronunciation: 'jir-(")O, 'zhir-; 'jE-(")rO, 'zhE-, esp British 'jI-
Function: noun Etymology: German, circulation (of currency), from Italian, from Latin gyrus
gyre Date: 1890
: a service of many European banks that permits authorized direct
transfer of funds among account holders as well as conventional transfers by check

If your terminal happens to be audio-enabled:

http://cheetah.eb.com/sound/g/giro0001.wav http://cheetah.eb.com/sound/g/giro0002.wav

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Jake Khuon <[email protected]> wrote:

> Merriam-Webster doesn't give the exact definition (in cycling context) but the word is the same as
> is the phonetics:

> Main Entry: gi·ro Pronunciation: 'jir-(")O, 'zhir-; 'jE-(")rO, 'zhE-, esp British 'jI-
> Function: noun Etymology: German, circulation (of currency), from Italian, from Latin gyrus
> gyre Date: 1890
> : a service of many European banks that permits authorized direct
> transfer of funds among account holders as well as conventional transfers by check
>
> If your terminal happens to be audio-enabled:
>
> http://cheetah.eb.com/sound/g/giro0001.wav http://cheetah.eb.com/sound/g/giro0002.wav

If we assume that the original poster had the Italian word in mind, I don't think either of those
samples is very close to the correct pronounciation. The first one had the "g" sound about right,
but the "i" was too short, the "r" didn't roll properly and the "o" was English, not Italian. The
second one had everything wrong.

-as

 

"Bob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is the correct way to prononce GIRO? Have heard at least 4 variations

depends what language you're speaking. if as in "Giro d'Italia" then Gee-Roh (god how much do I HATE
pronuncation-guidese...)

-Luigi