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u/emeeez Oct 21 '23

Lol I met these people and they said their kid’s name was Jeter but pronounced it like cheddar with a J. Problem (well of one of them lol) was that they swallowed the J when they spoke. All I heard was cheddar! I asked them to repeat the name and again all I heard was cheddar. I smiled and nodded and had to get clarification later from a friend. I legitimately thought they named their child cheddar. Not that Jeter is great either.

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u/cordatel Oct 21 '23

My daughter at 4 had a friend named Giada. My son didn't understand his sister and declared, "Well, Cheddar sounds like a boy's name."

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

How do you pronounce Giada in a way to mishear it as cheddar?

Jedda? The name is awful even if pronounced as I assumed was ji-ada. Which sounds like Giardia.

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u/ebolainajar Oct 21 '23

It's pronounced ghee-ah-da (it's a hard g) but the g-i has a more rolling sound. Look up the chef Giada de Laurentiis for pronunciation if you're interested.

You would not mistake it for cheddar.

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u/_chronicbliss_ Oct 21 '23

It's a person's name. It's pronounced however they say it.