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Ah, we will have the Greeks and Turks settle the grievance... Joel Send a noteboard - 28/02/2010 01:43:01 AM
Go to a Greek-run place and it'll be called a "yiros" (the proper way to pronounce "gyro"). It's just that there are more Turkish-run places. And, in fact, I think some Greek-run places call it a "kebab" because that's the more common term and they know people will understand it. But in the Greek place in Cambridge they call it a "yiros".

P.S. Never say in a Greek-run shop that the Turks invented the kebab/yiros, or vice versa.

P.P.S. a gyro is a mini-helicopter.

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A kebab is a freaking gyro! These people are crazies. nossy - 27/02/2010 01:38:13 AM 596 Views
Just one more thing that I hate about the English. *NM* LiterateDog - 27/02/2010 01:41:08 AM 169 Views
That's what a kebab is?? Lupine - 27/02/2010 02:12:07 AM 511 Views
one of your foods is horribly wrong if this is what you had moondog - 27/02/2010 03:14:31 AM 480 Views
Kebab is meat roasted on a skewer, and then put into the sandwich. It does not involve a "stick". Legolas - 27/02/2010 11:00:24 AM 474 Views
Or, roasted on a skewer and put on a pizza. jh - 27/02/2010 11:29:55 AM 445 Views
yes, a doner kebab is a stupid kind of shwarma AgentOrange - 27/02/2010 02:53:37 PM 451 Views
No. Because gyros is supposed to have tziziki AgentOrange - 27/02/2010 03:36:40 AM 501 Views
True. No tzatziki made me sad. *NM* nossy - 27/02/2010 11:56:30 PM 191 Views
I didn't realize the condiment made the sandwich...make me wonder... MightyYT - 01/03/2010 07:47:50 AM 453 Views
It was weird to learn that shish-kebobs are not the only type of kebob beetnemesis - 27/02/2010 06:57:49 AM 437 Views
Turkish vs Greek names for the same thing. Tim - 27/02/2010 10:23:44 AM 423 Views
Even more so with Turkish coffee vs Greek coffee AgentOrange - 27/02/2010 02:54:54 PM 406 Views
Pedant. nossy - 27/02/2010 11:59:52 PM 440 Views
Ah, we will have the Greeks and Turks settle the grievance... Joel - 28/02/2010 01:43:01 AM 415 Views
Now ponder them asking if you want a salad when what they mean is... MightyYT - 01/03/2010 07:51:00 AM 422 Views
Not crazy. Is delicious, and traditional. Elaine - 01/03/2010 01:19:03 PM 394 Views
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