The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

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someone forgot to read the room

 

[J.Quondam]

Today I realized that, while gyro and gyro are spelled the same, the two words have very little conceptual overlap.

 

[payn]

Today I realized that, while gyro and gyro are spelled the same, the two words have very little conceptual overlap.

 

[niklinna]

Today I realized that, while gyro and gyro are spelled the same, the two words have very little conceptual overlap.

If you are talking about the gyro sandwich and the gyroscope, the reason a gyro sandwich is called that is because the meat is roasted on a vertical skewer that rotates, just like a gyroscope. (Interestingly, the dictionary says the word comes from ancient Greek gyros, meaning "ring" or "round", so now we have a different problem! But the semantic progression is still pretty clear.)

If you are talking about some other kind of gyro, then I don't know!

 

[payn]

I havent had a good gyro in ages. The place closest to me is god awful, but somehow never closes.

 

[Ryujin]

And now I want a gyros (hard "G" long "E").

 

[Nikosandros]

I don't know much about gyros, but I loved Gyruss as a kid!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I vote we spend the rest of the week obsessed with Greek food.

 

[dragoner]

One of my the players with the group she told me that gyro meat is not gluten free.

 

[J.Quondam]

If you are talking about the gyro sandwich and the gyroscope, the reason a gyro sandwich is called that is because the meat is roasted on a vertical skewer that rotates, just like a gyroscope. (Interestingly, the dictionary says the word comes from ancient Greek gyros, meaning "ring" or "round", so now we have a different problem! But the semantic progression is still pretty clear.)

If you are talking about some other kind of gyro, then I don't know!

Whoah... I've eaten many a gyro assembled from meat hot off a spinning spit, but I never made the connection between that and the the other gyro.
Today I learned!