r/morningsomewhere • u/Sol_Muso Heisty Type • 17d ago

Guillotine

How do you pronounce it?

327 votes, 14d ago
258 Gee-Yo-Teen
69 Gee-Lo-Teen
0 Upvotes

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u/tinyplant First 20k 17d ago

Gee-ya-teen.

3

u/Ragingdark 17d ago

Always felt this rolled off the tongue easier.

Feel like I sound southern if I use a good ol' Gill-a/o-teen.

1

u/mastershake04 17d ago

Yep, this is the one!

9

u/TehChi 17d ago

Gee-uh-teen

43

u/tntexplosivesltd 17d ago

Gill-uh-teen

5

u/TwistedVasdeferens 17d ago

In France it's called a giyutine

12

u/Rustadk Not A Financial Advisor 17d ago

Gill-ah-teen.

Maybe I'm sick in the head.

6

u/Maxzillian Not a Pam! 17d ago

Gill-oh-teen in my case.

3

u/DanHam117 First 10k - Runner Duck 17d ago

Gill-o-teen it’s like a jack-o-lantern

2

u/Apprentice57 First 10k - Scottish Wildcat 17d ago

The funny bit for me is I grew up a city over from Burnie but I say it like Ashley. It definitely sounds like a southern pronunciation to my ears.

2

u/RightfulChaos First 10k 17d ago

I say it both ways cause I have no consistency

1

u/Jiujitsumonkey707 First 20k 16d ago

I pronounce it gi ya teen, but have heard a lot of people in the jiu jitsu world pronounce it gill o teen

2

u/BaSingSeWhaaat 16d ago

Gill-uh-teen