You know that feeling when you're about to order something to eat, but you have no idea how to pronounce it? Well, the next time you're in a Greek restaurant you're going to have a lot to think about, because apparently there's one dish we've been mispronouncing this whole time. Gyros is a delicious Greek dish made with slices of meet, either chicken, pork, lamb or beef, served on a pita with Tzatziki on top. It's often served as fast food , and is popular globally.
So you might be slightly mortified to learn you've been saying it wrong. While on visiting Milos, a volcanic Greek island, online content creator and fashion student Sara Shammout asked a Greek waiter how to pronounce the popular fast food dish. She captioned the video, which she shared on TikTok : "I've been saying it wrong this whole time.
" The waiter said it should be pronounced like "yee-ros", to which Sara double-checked: "It's not guy-ro?," but it turns out those who have been saying it this way have been saying it wrong. And Sara wasn't alone. The TikTok has been seen by over 1.
4million people, and 100s of people took to the comment section to give their opinion. "This was actually very helpful I always eat Greek food lol. Been saying guy-ro," said one thankful social media user.
Another added: "This is how I found out I've been saying it like guy-ro." A third commented: "So I have been saying it right my whole life," followed by crying-while-laughing emojis. "I've been saying Jai-ros all my life," added an.