How to Pronounce Gyro in American English

5 May 2022 · 1 min

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Short YouTube tutorial (Hadar Shemesh, May 5, 2022) explaining how to pronounce the word "gyro" (the meat sandwich) in American English. The speaker instructs listeners to begin with a y sound plus a high "ee" (like "year"), then pronounce the second syllable as "row" (r + long o as in "go"), with jaw and lip positioning described; an alternate pronunciation using a j (zh-like) sound is also demonstrated.

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How to pronounce the word gyro, the meat sandwich. This word is borrowed from Greek, but we are changing the sounds to American sounds because now it's a word in English, because people eat gyros all the time. You start with a y sound and then a high E E e, as if you're about to say the word year. And then the next syllable is row. An r sound, then the o, as in go so round your lips. Drop your jaw for the O. Drop the tongue too. Row. And then close it again for the W. Row y row year O. You can also pronounce it with a j sound. Round your lips a bit. Bring the tongue up. Vibrate the sound as in Vision 000.