Gyro: how do you pronounce it?

Jul 21, 1994, 3:45 PM ET3 posts by 3 postersalt.tv.seinfeld
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Thus spake Russ Haynal to All about Gyro: how do you pronounce it?...

RH>As a non-Greek who lived in Greece, let's just clarify something. It i RH>YEE RO - the "S" is silent. Don't even whisper the word "JIE ROW" arou RH>me! Now we'll test your Greek - MALAKA!

Isn't it Malacca? We use it at work all the time to mean "dickhead", but I know what the REAL meaning is! Amazing coincidence...I was watching the movie "Big Man on Campus" last night, and the hunchback kept saying "Fakoola malaka!". Not sure what it was supposed to mean though...

Steve Outtrim Melbourne, Australia

* Wave Rider 1.20 # 454 * ... "I'm not asz think asz you drunk I am, Ossifer!"

Oh Yeah! Finally I see a quote from one of my favourite movies of all time...Weird Science! (yes I know it's hard to believe, but there are some classic lines and situations which kill me each time I watch it) At the bar...with Lisa...Gary and Wyatt..."see you guys in the emergency room".

Thankyou David George for making this day a little bit more livable (sp?)

Andrew "I was nuts for de woman!" Mack "