How Not To Write About Food and Still Write About Food

Rox: They sell gyros (pronounced yeer - ohs!) at Wrap-N-Run.

Judi w/ an i: Euros?

Rox: Gyros (pronounced yeer - ohs!)? Gyros (pronounced jhi - ros)?

Judi w/ an i: Oh you mean gyro (pronounced jhi - ro)?

Rox: I swear it's gyro (pronounced yeer - oh!). I saw it once on a commercial.

I was referring to an old Jack in the Box commercial. I like to prove that I am right. So I Googled it. 

http://www.quora.com/How-do-you-pronounce-gyro

• Greek pronunciation: "Gyear-oh, with the 'g' kind of aspirated."
• "Official" American pronunciation: Like the prefix in "gyroscope" 
• In practice: "Americans trying to pronounce it in the Greek manner sound just as stupid as when they overpronounce French names for food in restaurants."

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