Ghirardelli...how do you pronounce it/do you like it?

18 years ago

No matter what Jeff gives me on a birthday day / mother's day ...whatever. He always includes Ghirardelli chocolates. (he must like them)

The are chocolate so they are good. But certainly not my favorites. I don't care for the bitterness of dark chocolates...

Now I love Dove's or Russel Stover's

But I guess it's "don't look a gift horse in the mouth.." lol..pass me another Ghirardelli....

Oh and what is the correct way to pronounce it.

Is it just like it looks ?

Can you write it like it should sound?

patti

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bestlawn
18 years ago
gee-er-de-lee

Don't like dark chocolate either.
maryanntx
18 years ago
I googled it and this is what I found:

How do you pronounce Ghirardelli? The correct spelling and pronunciation of the Italian name "Ghirardelli" has long stumped even the most avid consumers of Ghirardelli Chocolate. It is pronounced Gear-ar-delly.

I LOVE the dark chocolate!!!
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kickypants
18 years ago
If you try a better quality dark chocolate, you might like it. It is a fancy name but not a fancy chocolate.
pattico_gw
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18 years ago
Thanks Maryanne...I don't always think about googling those things...but I know I can always get an answer here...lol

That's how Jeff says it...so that's how I've been saying it...but wondering if it was right.

patti
lindyluwho
18 years ago
Pass the dark chocolate. I love it.

Linda
maryanntx
18 years ago
Patti, I've never said the word, just eat the chocolate. LOL So I had no idea either.
golfergrrl
18 years ago
We prounounce it gear-ah-deli here in SF.
Ghirardelli Square is a touristy spot at Fisherman's Wharf.
Their chocolate is not one of my favorites.
jannie
18 years ago
I don't like dark chocolate,either. I once drank dark chocolate cocoa,it tasted rancid!
grammahony
18 years ago
I don't care for the dark chocolate either, but Mom does. So we trade if one of us gets what the other likes. I say it like this.. Gair-a-deli.
Leslie
bestlawn
18 years ago
I spelled it the way it's pronounced on the commercials here. Sorry.
sayhellonow
18 years ago
LOL - so ironic you would ask this question because I was just asking someone about it yesterday. My cousing from SF pronounes it jer-er-delly, but I heard someone on one of the cooking shows pronounce is gear-er-delly. I like it best at no more than 60% dark.
sheilajoyce_gw
18 years ago
GEAR ar DELLY is the way we say it here in California. And in San Francisco, you can buy the chocolates at their location in the wharf area.
sue_va
18 years ago
Gear-ar-delly?

With the accent on which syllable?

Sue
caflowerluver
18 years ago
I like their filled squares, raspberry and mint are my favorites. DS bought me some for Mom's Day. I am not wild about really dark chocolate ones, too bitter. But that is DH's favorite so I give him those squares.
Clare
carla35
18 years ago
I always pronouced it Gear-ahh-deli (guess I didn't see or hear that middle "r")

It may not be Godiva, but I know a lot of bakers prefer to use the Ghirardelli chips instead of Hersey's or Nestle's for their cookies and baking.
grammahony
18 years ago
How ever it's pronounced, almost everybody know what your talking about. I like the caramel filled ones the best I think.
Leslie
golfergrrl
18 years ago
Just asked someone here who was born in SF over 60 years ago...and never left. Always said GEAR-ah-deli.
stephmc72
18 years ago
I'm in the SF bay area and have always heard it Gear-ah-deli also. that middle R is silent.
liz
18 years ago
I love the Ghirardelli Carmel squares...not a fan of dark chocolate either.I got a box of Godiva Chocolates for Mothers Day...I'm in CHOCOLATE HEAVEN!!
danihoney
18 years ago
I second or third the Bay Area pronunciation, silent 'r' in the middle. I don't think we really put an emphasis on one syllable, just roll it together.
I love the peppermint bark and the chocolate mint. Mmmmmmmm
angela_nor_calif
18 years ago
Another that pronounces it like lindakathy. I was just in SF at the wharf over the weekend. We didn't go in the store though. Trying to lose a little weight. The weather was beautiful!
minnie_tx
18 years ago
Gee Are Ah Deli

It's ok
judy_jay
18 years ago
I've always heard it pronounced Gear-Ah-Deli no matter where I've been in CA. Love, love, love dark chocolate. I'll take whatever anyone else doesn't want. :-)
Terri_PacNW
18 years ago
I like it alot for baking. Used to be able to buy it at Trader Joe's but the one I go to now doesn't sell it anymore(so not sure if that's a local thing or what). I bought the white, dark and milk in chunks.
Gear ah deli is how I say it too.
and I love dark chocolate..I prefer it over milk anyday..
And I think Dove is yucky, I'd rather have a regular ol Hershey's bar of it.

My new chocolate passion is Dilettante. I am loving the dipped dried fruits. Makes me feel like I'm eating something extra good for me. LOL

Here is a link that might be useful: Dilettante
lilliepad
18 years ago
The correct pronunciation is gear-are-delly.I looked it up.LOL
And it isn't my favorite chocolate either.I also prefer the Dove.X DIL brought me a piece of some that her relatives brought from Norway for me to taste.It was delicious!
intherain
18 years ago
It is pronounced Gear-ar-delly.

I lived in the Bay Area for 30 years and when DH and I were dating we loved to go to the Ghirardelli ice cream store in Fisherman's Wharf. We'd get one of their hot fudge sundaes and split it. (They were huge!) We no longer live there, but I can still taste it. Yum!!!!

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