How do you pronounce "giblets"?

[Michael in FtW]

For some reason while watching all of the cooking shows getting ready for Thanksgiving Day I began to notice a distinct difference in the pronunciation of the word giblets and was curious as to how many pronounce it with the soft-g (jib-lit) or the hard-g (like in gizzard or in the Bee Gee's surname Gibb-lets)?

 

[Bilby]

I'm of the Jib-lets variety.

 

[Katie H]

"jib," like the sailing term..."lets." I've heard Emeril pronounce them "Gib," like one of the Bee Gees. Not me.

 

[CharlieD]

Gibb here.

 

[Andy M.]

The dictionary says, "Jib-let" is the proper pronunciation

 

[Michael in FtW]

"jib," like the sailing term..."lets." I've heard Emeril pronounce them "Gib," like one of the Bee Gees. Not me.

LOL - yeah Katie - at first I just chalked it up to another "Emeralism" ... but then I noticed some other cooks/chefs pronouncing it Gib-lets, too ...and that's what got me curious about how widespread this division in pronunciation might be.

 

[Gossie]

I pronounce it jib-lets

 

[Andy M.]

Could it be a geographic difference?

 

[QSis]

"Jib".

And Happy Birthday, Michael!

Lee

 

[Michael in FtW]

Thanks, Lee!

Could it be a geographic difference?

It could be Andy .... that's part of what I was curious about.

I know when I was in Massachusetts a few years ago I noticed that everyone pronounced "stir" more like "stear" ... and some other words containing "R" got special New England treatment, too ... I just don't remember all of them.

 

[Andy M.]

Folks around here tend to leave out the 'r' sound. "Pahk the cah in Hahvud yahd." is the classic example. There are, of course, many others. It is also common to add an 'r' to words that don't end with one.

BTW, I say, "stir", not "stear". Also, ahnt, not ant to refer to a parent's female sibling.

 

[sattie]

Hey, I think I grew up hearing it both ways for what ever reason. I lean towards gib-lets... but I NEVER liked giblet gravy... NEVER!!! Hubby says giblets too and he is from Indiana, but has been severly Texan-ized!

 

[auntdot]

My dictionary also goes for the jiblet pronunciation.

But the language does evolve, and I don't think the cut of one's jib should be manifest by how one pronounces a fowl's internal bit.

 

[ChefJune]

never ever heard it said "Gibb!" how odd!

 

[elaine l]

My kids joke with me about adding r's to words that do not have one. I guess I always say "idear" instead of idea. Oh well.

Another word that has different pronunciations is gnocchi.

 

[David Cottrell]

Definitely jib but with a southern drawl y'all - jeeab for real

 

[sattie]

I'm still not sure what I use... since this question has been posed, I'm confused now! LOL! I keep trying to catch myself off guard and figure out what I call these things!

 

[YT2095]

Jib Jib Jib, Job Job Job.

Jij you know I was a boy scout?

 

[Aera]

I pronounce it like gibb.

 

[bullseye]

Jib is the only way I've ever heard it.