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Published: 2016-09-29 00:43:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 2180; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 0
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I remember when I was a little kid back in the 80s and early 90s, a restaurant (I can’t remember if it was a local place or a chain) started selling gryos. Nowadays you can find gyros all over the place, but back then they weren’t as common. This restaurant really, really wanted people to use the proper Greek pronunciation, and even had a series of commercials advertising “yeeros.” But it didn’t work, because I don’t know any American that calls them that. English is a very accommodating language, but English speakers always end up pronouncing foreign words however the heck they want, especially if that word isn’t pronounced even remotely like the way it’s spelled.
Technically, this comic depicts what gyros should REALLY be like…
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This first appeared on Defenestration www.defenestrationmag.net on Friday, September 23rd.
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Comments: 47
He's free as he can be.
---AK
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As a Greek I strongly support the Gyrocopter. And you gave me a marketing idea. We're gonna be rich.
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There's nothing tastier than rotor blades!
---AK
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*purchases a ton of gyros in the hopes of flying to Germany*
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Probably cheaper than a plane ticket.
---AK
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Those are the two most important things to look for in a food.
---AK
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Thank you for correcting this long misunderstanding concerning the use of the word 'gyro'. FINALLY, SOMEONE GOT IT RIGHT!
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I'm ALWAYS right when it comes to food!
---AK
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Dammit, AK. I don't want my social studies teacher to know I'm on dA!
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Relax, I won't tell.
---AK
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Not yet. Just give it time.
---AK
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I eat those all the time!!!
(by the way, here in Chile we call those "giros" or "shawarmas"
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Buy NOT "yeeros."
---AK
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He'll be fine. He has very strong jaw muscles.
---AK
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If I ever find Winslow's head mounted on a wall, I'll know what happened.
---AK
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One of my favorite restaurants is Greek. c:
I get the lamb "yeeros" every time I go there.
I've been lectured on proper pronunciation by the owners xD
But I did notice many many people still say "gyros".
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They can lecture all they want. Gryos are here to stay.
---AK
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Probably the best one.
---AK
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I remember JonTron sang a song about gyros in his show once. I think it was in the Hercules episode.
There was also a gag with a gryo in the 100th Angry Video Game Episode with R.O.B.
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I think gyros deserve a song.
---AK
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