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    Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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      Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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      Jeremy Falcon
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      Mike Mullikin wrote: So which is it? I use ji-row. Check out the pronunciation key here... http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gyro[^] Jeremy Falcon

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        Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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        Nick Parker
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        Mike Mullikin wrote: But the big question is how do *you" pronounce gyro? I've heard: I have had this discussion with a friend in the past, I have always called them "ji-rows" and pronounces them "euros". Of course, this is what Merriam Webster [^] says it should sound like. :) -Nick Parker

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          Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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          Zyxil
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          the greek people i knew used to say hhgyu-row with a really good glottal sound on the first syllable... that's how i pronounce it -John

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            Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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            Maximilien
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            Yeah, I know, I can smell the onion from here! :|


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              Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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              LongRange Shooter
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              Back when I was in college, there was a Gyro shop right on Public Square. I treated myself to one about once a month and this place was run by a Greek. The one time he was low on help and took my order directly. When I asked for a "Jie-Row" he corrected me and said: "It is 'year-os' (rolling his r)" You got it directly from the originating language!!! :cool: _____________________________________________ The world is a dangerous place.
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                Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                ji-row sounds more correct to me. :) -- Counting the days in the haze around you Susanne let the ether fall Out of phase, I am all around you Susanne on the wall

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                  Back when I was in college, there was a Gyro shop right on Public Square. I treated myself to one about once a month and this place was run by a Greek. The one time he was low on help and took my order directly. When I asked for a "Jie-Row" he corrected me and said: "It is 'year-os' (rolling his r)" You got it directly from the originating language!!! :cool: _____________________________________________ The world is a dangerous place.
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                  theRealCondor wrote: he corrected me and said: "It is 'year-os' (rolling his r)" Yeah that's what I recall from a similar authentic greek restaurant I frequented in college. ...but it's been 20 years and I was drunk a lot back then. :-O ;P


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                    Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                    Mike Mullikin wrote: year-o It's a Greek word, not an English one, so you should pronounce it like the Greek do. A Gyro (ji-row) is a completely different word (prefix) in English (stolen from Latin I believe), like Gyrocopter and Gyroscope. my $0.02 I prefer to wear gloves when using it, but that's merely a matter of personal hygiene [Roger Wright on VB] Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. [Rich Cook]

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                      ji-row sounds more correct to me. :) -- Counting the days in the haze around you Susanne let the ether fall Out of phase, I am all around you Susanne on the wall

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                      So Jörgen, a couple questions: What California wines go best with gyros? Where are you surfing from right now?


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                        Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                        Oh man. I'm just waking up from my post lunch nap. Had an excellent helping of pork souvlaki with a greek salad all covered in hot sauce and tsz-sziki(cucumber,garlic,onion,sour cream). Seconds, anyone. :) Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "And when you need to hire a programmer to do mostly VB programming, it's not good enough to hire a VB programmer, because they will get completely stuck in tar every time the VB abstraction leaks." Joel on Software Nov 11, 2002.

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                          So Jörgen, a couple questions: What California wines go best with gyros? Where are you surfing from right now?


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                          1. I have no ideas. I'm afraid I've never had a gyro. I guess I'll have to try one. I'm going to see a mall in today or tomorrow.. is Gyro the kind of restaurant you'd find in a food court? 2) I'm surfing from a nice hotel in Pleasant Hill, 25-30 minutes north of (i believe) SF. -- Counting the days in the haze around you Susanne let the ether fall Out of phase, I am all around you Susanne on the wall
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                            Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                            Actually, I say Year-O, too. Unless I'm trying to be correct then I add the little "coughing up phlegm" sound to the front of it. :) **mmmmmmmmmm** BW "I don't remember, but I know we played together because I've seen the posters." - Joe Walsh talking with Ozzy Osbourne about touring together in the 70's

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                              1. I have no ideas. I'm afraid I've never had a gyro. I guess I'll have to try one. I'm going to see a mall in today or tomorrow.. is Gyro the kind of restaurant you'd find in a food court? 2) I'm surfing from a nice hotel in Pleasant Hill, 25-30 minutes north of (i believe) SF. -- Counting the days in the haze around you Susanne let the ether fall Out of phase, I am all around you Susanne on the wall
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                              Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: 2) I'm surfing from a nice hotel in Pleasant Hill, 25-30 minutes north of (i believe) SF. :confused::omg: You're in the US? Why did you visit the wrong side? ;P Jeremy Falcon

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                                1. I have no ideas. I'm afraid I've never had a gyro. I guess I'll have to try one. I'm going to see a mall in today or tomorrow.. is Gyro the kind of restaurant you'd find in a food court? 2) I'm surfing from a nice hotel in Pleasant Hill, 25-30 minutes north of (i believe) SF. -- Counting the days in the haze around you Susanne let the ether fall Out of phase, I am all around you Susanne on the wall
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                                Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: is Gyro the kind of restaurant you'd find in a food court? Probably but greek authenticity may be lacking. :rolleyes: Have fun in SF and stay away from the bath houses. ;P


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                                  Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                                  Yummy - nothin' quite like mystery meat carved from a rotating pole...:omg: Man, they are good though - I think I'll go get one for lunch.:) Drew.

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                                    Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                                    Wesner Moise
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                                    I have heard it pronounced as Hero. Thanks, Wes

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                                      Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                                      Mike Mullikin wrote: But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: In eastern Canada they pronounce it "Donair" "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                                        Just returned from lunch. Went to my favorite gyros place. Grilled pita bread Fresh onion and tomato Creamy cucumber sauce Huge pile of gyro meat (lamb, beef, spices) *Serious Homer drool* :) But the big question is how do *you* pronounce gyro? I've heard: year-o (this is how I pronounce it) gear-o ji-row So which is it?


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                                        Simple: Güüroß


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                                          Actually, I say Year-O, too. Unless I'm trying to be correct then I add the little "coughing up phlegm" sound to the front of it. :) **mmmmmmmmmm** BW "I don't remember, but I know we played together because I've seen the posters." - Joe Walsh talking with Ozzy Osbourne about touring together in the 70's

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                                          brianwelsch wrote: Actually, I say Year-O, too. Unless I'm trying to be correct then I add the little "coughing up phlegm" sound to the front of it.i> Thanks for that :~ Ryan Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
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