Gutsi or Guzzi?

[stromcat]

How is it pronounced,Gutsi or Guzzi?

[Rafael]

Ut as in boot. Gootsi.

[Bill Hagan]

A proverbial debate: http://tinyurl.com/Gootzi

I say "GOOT tzee," but our grandbabies will be asking the same question, especially if they are still made ... Guzzis, that is ... we know grandbabies are an infinite thing.

Bill

[sign216]

I asked a coworker who grew up in Italy and he said "gootsie."

I pronounce it that way, but I wonder if it makes me an ass. Like someone who calls their Porche a "Porch-sha."

When I say "Gootsie" to non-riders, I feel pretentious and affected. Like I'm holding a teacup with my pinkie extend.

Joe

[Beaufort]

If anyone looks at you funny, just remind them that:
"pizza" has two z's, and we pronounce it peetsa (some folks say peetza).
Similarly we pronounce "Guzzi" as gootsee.

[Mi_ka]

If I remember well, zz is tz fat and bass while cc is ts thin with lots of treble.

[ghezzi]

I don't givashit coz the sound I like comes out of twin megaphones

Actually, when elderly Italian gentlemen spot my bike at a cafe and comment, I just love the way they speak.
Their pronounciation is poetic and their expression is full of passion. Mo To-Gootsee, Si?

[jackson]

During the middle 80's to the middle 90's, I went to Italy over 40 times for business. Each trip lasted 7-10 days and I got to know some of the people who worked in the electronics factory that I did business with. Several of them owned Guzzi's and I had many a lunch and/or dinner at their homes. I can tell you that in Italy, it is pronounced "Gootsi" by genuine home grown Italians.

[jdelv]

I'm a brand new Guzzi owner. Like, for a month. I've always just called them Moto Goo-zees. Guh-zee never occurred to me. Being of Italian decsent and studying Italian in high school, I do know that to speak Italian you have to roll your R's and do some pretty exaggerated sounds when you talk. But living in America I give little thought to proper pronunciation of foreign words...who really cares, right? So I never really cared how you pronounced Guzzi. But now I have one and this is amusing to me, this thread, because I've been thinking of it lately. Good timing.

In all the model reviews, I thought it was Gris-oh all these years until recently I spoke to sales staff at a BMW dealership where I bought the bike (affiliated with Piaggio via also being a Vespa dealership). Of course, I call it a Gree-soh as a result. But even Ewan McGregor referred to his Gris-oh in Long Way Down.

Back to the Guzzi pronunciation. When I told the local coffee shop bunch I bought the Griso, naturally, the manufacturer's name became predominant in the conversation. Dudes were saying Goot-sie. When I heard the guys say it like that, it sort of killed me. Could I pull that off every time I say Guzzi? I couldn't imagine myself walking around introducing the bike as a "Goot-sie" because it sort of sounds overly eccentric. [I know the MG faithful call them Goot-sies and I don't want to wear out my welcome here, but this is a silly thread anyhow.]

So as new owner simply overjoyed with all things Moto Guzzi, I just feel more comfortable saying goo-zee. Maybe I'll change my mind as time goes on and become a real Guzzi owner and say it the other way! Only time will tell...

[gstallons]

I dislike the fact if you correct someone and pronounce it correctly people think you are "high society". Whe I was a kid everyone around here said Guzzy(like guzz ee). People in the US have the same emphasis as HAL 9000 when they speak.
Saw both films, loved them both. And I am glad Ewan has a Griso, loves it and is proud of it!!!