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Originally posted by MaggieL
<i>The Alex Charalabidis Guide to Souvlaki</i> (further down the page in the blue box) spells it the way you like. Also note that while a Greek speaker will pronounce the word YEE-roh, many, if not most, restaurant employees in the Fluffia area will not know what you mean unless you say JYE-roh, as in the short name for the instrument stabilized by the angular momentum of a massy spinning wheel.
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Indeed, which makes me look like a fucking idiot when I actually say YEE-roh, and they go "HUH?" and I have to say "JYE-roh. Give me a fucking JYE-roh, you uncultured savage." Then I have to leave, because they'll probably spit in my food.