Gyros.... Who here is pronouncing it GY-ROWS????

[warcleric]

Main Entry: 2gy·ro
Pronunciation: 'yE-"rO, 'zhir-O
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural gyros
Etymology: New Greek gyros turn, from Greek; from the rotation of the meat on a spit
Date: 1971
: a sandwich especially of lamb and beef, tomato, and onion on pita bread

From Merriam-Webster

 

[BoberFett]

A girl I dated long ago was half Greek. She corrected me on several occasions, telling me that it's YEE-ROWS. However you pronounce it, I love those things.

 

[warcleric]

Who cares how you pronounce it, I want one NOW! damn I wish I was still in NY

 

[loup garou]

Half Greek here, also pronounce it YEE-ROES. The best is lettuce, tomato, cucumber sauce and a big fat steak fry in the middle. That's the way they made em in Greece. Man were those the best gyros I've ever had. Plus, they were only about a dollar apiece.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Hmm... Traditional is onions and tomato and no lettuce? Weird. I hate tomatoes and I don't have onions and lettuce is just SO GOOD if it's Romaine or Baby Spinach!

 

[highme]

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of feta. With some chicken, tomatoes and tzatziki sauce.


Also good with falaffel, or shwarma.


but there absolutely has to be feta.

 

[BigSmooth]

This has little to do with this thread, but pasta with grated Myzithra cheese on it - nothing else - is possibly the world's greatest food.

 

[Schola]

These things are awesome, I like mine with the sauce, lettace, and tomatoes, and of course we can't forget that great tasting meat.

Schola

 

[pdo]

Wow I didn't even know there's chicken GYRO. The place where I usually order them only has lamb, onions, tomatoes and cucumber sauce and it is good even the smell.

 

[DannyLove]

its all your gyrows are belong................ damn, its getting to me

 

[Raspewtin]

"Of course, the proper pronunciation is YEE-ROWS."


yup. at the Greek restaurant near my St. Louis home, they wear little buttons that say "It tastes better when you say YEE-ROWS" More people pronounce it correctly as a result.

 

[sned]

Year Rose, Yeah Love'em w/ fried almost burnt onions and the salad dressing they use @ a shop near here that seems to be made w/ kalamata olives or it's juice sooo tasty w/ some Romaine & good salty feta.

 

[Raspewtin]

i wish you could buy a bottle of that sauce as salad dressing. I can't find it anywhere (and cucumber ranch doesn't taste the same IMO)

 

[mechBgon]

Well, I am used to hearing it pronounced ji-rows, as in "Critical hit: Gyros", followed close after by the sound of my 'mech exploding. Never tried the edible type, to the best of my recollection.

 

[sharkeeper]

Ummm, You're all wrong. It's GURU's.

Cheers!

 

[perry]

The guy in Athens, not Georgia, Greece, at some little Gyro stand said it as Yee-Rows (or chose your favorite spelling that sounds the same)... He corrected us crazy Americans, both times we got one.

 

[IamDavid]

The proper way to pronounce it is Yearow... I work with it everyday.....

And the sauce is Taziki Sauce....

 

[Rand]

I pronounce it JI-ROWS

 

[Yuckysgf]

Let me finish that off for you, Danny.


ALL YOUR GYRO ARE BELONG TO US

 

[mr_cheesy]

I've never tried one... They look kinda nasty...

 

[RaDragon]

hmmm, i always pronounced it as 'gee-rows' (the 'g' as in gun)... thanks for correcting me, now i won't get those weird looks when ordering 'yee-rows' @ a restaurant!

[edit]
cucumber sauce, meat and lettuce go in my gyros!

 

[DannyLove]

thanks Yuckysgf

I couldn't bare myself to say it

 

[jonnyGURU]

When you ordered "gee-rows" they bring you out.....



MY FAMILY!

Signed,
Jean-Claude Gerow (pronounced "gee-row&quot