Another S/O: How to pronounce Gyro

[teller80]

My niece from my husbands side actually made fun of me a couple years ago because I said some thing like, "Is it J-eye-Row or Gee-Row". This was the point in which I was finally able to say to myself, I don't like this person, family or not. Who makes fun of a person who mispronounces a word? As you can tell, there is much history on that side, she and her mom (my sister-in-law) love to get little digs in whenever they can.

Anyway, I saw this video from Luke Bryant and Jimmy Fallon:

and absolutely rolled.

 

[hereyago]

I say Jeye row, great now I want one.

 

[rastahomie]

YEE-row, I've said it that way (properly) ever since I learned how to pronounce it some number of years ago.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

If you are talking about something that turns or is an abbreviation for Gyroscope or Gyrocompass, it is J eye row. If you are talking about the meat it is Yi ro.

 

[hereyago]

If you are talking about something that turns or is an abbreviation for Gyroscope or Gyrocompass, it is J eye row. If you are talking about the meat it is Yi ro.

Oops.

 

[xlsm]

I had an English teacher in high school that said, "It's ok if you mispronounce words...it means you most likely learned them by reading."

That's what I'd have said to that niece! But I often come up with comebacks too late, LOL!

When I only knew the word gyro from print, I thought it was j-eye-row. I had no reason to explore the pronunciation because it didn't come up in daily life. I didn't know the correct pronunciation until my first visit to a Greek restaurant!

editing to add...that video is HILARIOUS

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

YEE-row, I've said it that way (properly) ever since I learned how to pronounce it some number of years ago.

It's only proper if you roll the "r". I grew up in a very Greek community

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Year-ro

 

[rastahomie]

I grew up in a very Greek community

I listen to Yanni.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

I had an English teacher in high school that said, "It's ok if you mispronounce words...it means you most likely learned them by reading."

That's what I'd have said to that niece! But I often come up with comebacks too late, LOL!

When I only knew the word gyro from print, I thought it was j-eye-row. I had no reason to explore the pronunciation because it didn't come up in daily life. I didn't know the correct pronunciation until my first visit to a Greek restaurant!

editing to add...that video is HILARIOUS

My mis-pronunciation (due to only seeing the word in print) was calliope. I was grown before I realized the KA-LIE-O-PEE people were talking about was calliope. I thought it was KAL-EE-OPE.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

I always thought it was pronounced j-eye-row. I learned that that was incorrect years ago, but I'm still not sure of the correct pronunciation.

Doesn't matter. I've never eaten nor ordered one, and I doubt I ever will.

 

[xlsm]

My mis-pronunciation (due to only seeing the word in print) was calliope. I was grown before I realized the KA-LIE-O-PEE people were talking about was calliope. I thought it was KAL-EE-OPE.

I think mine was corps, as in marine corps or corps of engineers. Corpse all the way, LOL!! But I had no idea, I was a kid and I was reading
Any time kids were asked to read aloud in World History, it was a phonetic free for all But there's no shame in that, because we all have to learn somehow!

 

[amberpi]

Year-ro is the closest I can spell it out based on Iranian and Lebanonese friends.

I actually look up words for correct pronunciation before saying them. I hate misusing words. I can never remember how to say "vitriol" so don't use it except in print.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

Year-o

 

[tasha99]

I say yee-ro. My brother loves to pronounce it "gyro" (like a gyroscope).

 

[RedAngie]

I avoid this one completely.

Haven't a clue.

 

[Meriweather]

year o

 

[MetalMasterC]

This is just like the debate of the pronunciation of .GIF

I've pronounced Gyro as "yee-row" for a few years now, but when I was much younger, I used to say "guy-row."

 

[Diznygrl]

There was a commercial a while ago for some sandwich shop that made a big deal over the proper pronunciation of gyro, so ever since I've been pronouncing it the way they said, which is "year-oh" (or any of the other dozens of ways there are to write that out phonetically).

 

[georgina]

It's year-o! Lots of people around here say Jai-ro though.