Gyro is probably the most often mispronounced food name. Even its fans usually do not get the pronunciation correctly. Whether it is mispronounced as jee-rohs, jai-rohs, gee-rohs, the correct Greek pronunciation is yee-rohs. The varied names have geographical origins from different peoples’ lan...
So if you wanted the souvlaki wrapped in pita like the sandwich you are probably familiar with you would say sou-vlah-kyah meh pee-tah. If you wanted the gyro which is the meat sliced off the rotisserie you would say yee-roh me pee-tah. I know it is complicated but there is a ...