Re: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words)

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:29:58 -0000, caeruleancentaur
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:

>
> The gyro/gyros/hero is a submarine sandwich.  I've seen store
> marquees announcing that they sell "hero" sandwiches.  I've explained
> to numerous people that that is the Greek pronunciation (more or
> less) of gyro. I didn't realize that the word is properly gyros.  I
> presume they are called submarine sandwiches (or simply subs, as in
> the chain Subway) because of the shape of the roll that's used.
>
> Charlie
>
Gyros are nothing like Submarine Sandwiches. They use pita bread and
not a roll and heros are of different ingredients and construction.
Actually its pronunciation to me isn't like hero it's more like /Giro/
or as the owner of the mediterranean market here says /jiro/.

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