how to pronounce gitane

blindjimmy · February 2006

hi everyone, ive heard gitane pronounced a few different ways, ive been saying jitahnay, but is it jitayn, or guitayn, or is it guitahnay. im betting on the j sound. thanks

sockeye · February 2006

zhee-tahn. "zh" like the "s" in treasure.

dennis · February 2006

the worst i ever heard was GUEE TAYN ... terrible... terrible

Carter O`Brien · February 2006

we hear "GUY-TAN" a lot.

yowch - hurts to even type it!

nwilkins · February 2006

another funny one is saying Sty-mur instead of Stee-mair for Stimer

guitarnowski · February 2006

Hi all, I'm new to this site, and just getting serious about adding some Gypsy swing to my pallette of guitaring ( I guess I need 5 bands instead of 4?).

What a BONANZA of information this place is!!! I'll be hanging around here for a bit.

Carter! Haven't seen you since DeadNetCentral! how goes the playing in Chicago, man?

Jack · February 2006

blindjimmy wrote:

hi everyone, ive heard gitane pronounced a few different ways, ive been saying jitahnay, but is it jitayn, or guitayn, or is it guitahnay. im betting on the j sound. thanks

dennis wrote:

the worst i ever heard was GUEE TAYN ... terrible... terrible

Carter wrote:

we hear "GUY-TAN" a lot.

Nick wrote:

another funny one is saying Sty-mur instead of Stee-mair for Stimer

But we can ALL agree it's Duh-Jango, right?

dennis · February 2006

duh jango huh? that's how my mom pronounces it....

let's not forget Wegen..... i've heard Wee guen, way guen (which i suppose is acceptable) instead of Vay rrr en

Fopa · June 2006

Carter O`Brien wrote:

we hear "GUY-TAN" a lot.

yowch - hurts to even type it!

Obviously these people never smoke French cigarettes.

chip3174 · June 2007

Hey any nice folks want to post some pronunciation mp3's?

I'm actually kind of serious about it though...For infant American Gypsies like myself it might be a good thing. Don't want to be thought of as
un-ejumakated ignoraymoose....