Arri London wrote:

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> Gill Smith wrote:
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>> do americans pronounce like we English as 'jiblets'
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>> or with a hard g, as in gibbon
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> I hear it both ways locally. Haven't sorted out where the various
> speakers originated so can't comment on regionality.

Same here - have heard both pronunciations; FWIW, I usually call
them 'jiblets' but that's only because my Mom always pronounced it that
way <g>
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