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Re: Souvlaki (was most looked-up words)

From:B. Garcia <madyaas@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 14:19
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/. -- You can turn away from me but there's nothing that'll keep me here you know And you'll never be the city guy Any more than I'll be hosting The Scooby Show Scooby Show - Belle and Sebastian