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Originally posted by Jirakon
I don't why there'd be a difference in England, but according to Merriam Webster it's pronounced "YEE-row", or "ZHEE-row", and it's definitely an ethnic sandwich:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gyro

Listening to the audio there definition one definitely sounds like G-eye-row, but I agree with you about definition 2 (which is not common in the uk, as we usually call that kind of thing a "doner kebab" if its cooked on a rotating spit, and a" shish kebab" if it is cooked on a skewer).

I would understand gyro as short for gyrocompass, as in "The missile's flight is stabilised by electronic gyros"
see:
http://oxforddictionaries.com/search?searchType=dictionary&isWritersAndEditors=true&searchUri=All&q=gyro&_searchBtn=Search&contentVersion=WORLD

The food spelled gyro is meat, lettuce and a sauce of some kind wrapped in a pita bread like thing. It's Greek.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The food spelled gyro is meat, lettuce and a sauce of some kind wrapped in a pita bread like thing. It's Greek.

And a doner kebab is meat, lettuce, and a spicy sauce wrapped in a pita bread like thing. It's Turkish.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The food spelled gyro is meat, lettuce and a sauce of some kind wrapped in a pita bread like thing. It's Greek.

The food spelled gyro is spelled gyros, IME.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
The food spelled gyro is spelled gyros, IME.

Richard

I Agree, so it doesn't sound like hero!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doner_kebab

Originally posted by iamatiger
Listening to the audio there definition one definitely sounds like G-eye-row, but I agree with you about definition 2 (which is not common in the uk, as we usually call that kind of thing a "doner kebab" if its cooked on a rotating spit, and a" shish kebab" if it is cooked on a skewer).

I would understand gyro as short for gyrocompass, as in "The missil ...[text shortened]... nary&isWritersAndEditors=true&searchUri=All&q=gyro&_searchBtn=Search&contentVersion=WORLD

Gyro doesn't prononce like G-eye-row if you speak greek. More like G-ee-raw.

The correct turkish spelling of the kebab is Döner kebab.

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What's a biro? 😕

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A ballpoint pen.

Or what my boss orders from the bartender after he's already had 4 of them.

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