Re: most looked-up words

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> Mark Reed scripsit:
>
> > (*) Similarly, the sandwich formed by wrapping up a mostly-lamb meat
> > mixture in a pita is pretty universally referred to as "a gyro"
> > /'ji.ro/ in the US, despite the singularity of the source "gyros".
>
> I more often hear /'dzairo/, as if it were the word "gyro" = "gyroscope".
In Germany, it seems to be pronounced as /ji:ros/ with such regularity that one
wonders if someone has carried out a massive educational campaign in modern
Greek orthography.

I rarely see the stuff in Sweden, but I suppose most people who use the word at
all say /jy:ros/.

                                                   Andreas

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