Hello, I don't wanna seem a pedantic teacher but in videos and interviews I very often hear Giugiaro's name pronounced in various wrong ways.
Being italian, maybe I can help in this.
The main problem is that in the name Giorgetto Giugiaro there are a lot of G and our rules to use of this letter are different from english.
As far as I know, in english the G sound always as in GIGA, an hard sound.
If you want a soft sound you go for a J letter as in JUST.
In italian GA GO and GU are always hard sounds while GI and GE are always soft sounds.
We also can have a GE or GI hard sound but in that case we place an H in between as in LamborGHIni.
Ok, let split the name in parts for better understanding.
GIO
it sounds like in JOHN
R
in general, we have a rolling sound for R, similar to the one use in Scotland but less harsch.
even in Italy we have different Rs in different parts of the nation: we go from almost no rolling sound to a french-style sound.
you can use the R you prefer.
GE
it sounds like in JET
TT
use the same pronunciation as in "baTTery"
O
the O as the same sound as in jOhn.
don't close at the end toward the U sound (ou)
GIU
it sounds like in JUICE
GIA
it sounds like in JUST
RO
it sounds like in ROME
ACCENT and SPEED
Accents are like this: giorGEtto giuGIAro.
We emphatize the syllable in capital letter but not much...
The pronunciation speed of the syllabs is almost regular with no accellerations or contraptions in any part of the words.
If you are into music, the rythm is like two triplets with accent on the central notes.
Hope this helps
Ciao
P.S: ITALDESIGN (the design company founded by Giugiaro) is a single word.
Being italian we say the DE of design like DESK.
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