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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


Just wondering how to pronounce Gitzo. Like gee-zo? or like git-zo. guy-zo..just curious...thanks
Since I use one, just thought I should know how to pronounce it.
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Aug 09, 2009 at 09:16 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


git-zo, as you put it above is my guess !!


Aug 09, 2009 at 02:48 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


gheet'-zoh


Aug 12, 2009 at 08:01 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


I pronounce it like reggae747, but what do I know?

EBH



Aug 12, 2009 at 08:04 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


Well, being from the south...I say git-zoe.


Aug 12, 2009 at 08:34 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


You could call the number for the company and see how they answer the phone.


Aug 12, 2009 at 08:35 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


It's something I've been chuckling to myself about recently. Have you noticed the way that sales people give a dirty look if you don't pronounce it the same way they do? Or is that just me... <ahem>

In the US & UK I've only ever heard it pronounced like it's spelled -- Git zoh

In the Dutch speaking part of Belgium I've heard it also the way it's spelled, but they pronounce 'g's with a chhhh sound so it's -- Chhhhhit zoh

The company was originally French though, so I imagine it's the French way, which I've puzzled over slightly, but I think is -- Zhit zoh.

Er, actually it's hard to write that correctly. With the phoenetic alphabet the 'g' is written as a 'z' with a descender. I cannot think of another way of writing that in roman alphabet than 'zh'. I'm not a native French speaker though, so couldn't be certain. Perhaps a native speaker here could enlighten us better. (the only similar word in French I can think of is 'gite' and that is pronounced with the 'zhi' sound, although there's an accent on the 'i' which may be the factor determining the pronunciation of the g...).



Aug 13, 2009 at 10:33 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


This fella pronounce it as 'gee-t-soh'.




Aug 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


Originally founded in France by Arsène Gitzhoven in 1917, it's definitely pronounced "zheet'-zoh". Whether that was then and "Geet'-zoh" is now, I don't know. Gitzhoven sounds rather Dutch, so if he was a Walloon or was Flemish, it's a real tossup between "Zheet'zoh" and "Chitz-zoh".


Dec 08, 2014 at 02:48 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


It''s pronounced $$$$$


Dec 08, 2014 at 02:57 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


"Shitzooi"


Dec 08, 2014 at 02:59 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


No, that's a dog!


Dec 08, 2014 at 04:01 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


runamuck wrote:
It''s pronounced $$$$$


Nah, that's how you pronounce 'RRS'.



Dec 10, 2014 at 10:40 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


It's pronounced "Git-so" because you gitsomad at it!!! Hahahahahaha I'll be here all week folks.


Dec 12, 2014 at 06:05 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


I had to log in just to "like" your post


Dec 12, 2014 at 08:44 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · How to pronounce "Gitzo"?


Wow, 5 years later.

EBH



Dec 13, 2014 at 09:26 AM





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