tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Aug 26 09:44:51 1997
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Re: A KGT Pun (Sub)
- From: "Robyn Stewart" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: A KGT Pun (Sub)
- Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 09:44:36 PST
- Organization: NLK Consultants, Inc.
- Priority: normal
Joel Peter Anderson wrote:
>Um, "A hero ain't nothin' but a sandwich". Like the "Sub" sandwich
>popular at the world-spanning "Sub"way chain, qar'a'?
An American-Greek fast food sandwich of rotisseried beef and lamb on
a pita is called a gyros. While trying to verify (I didn't) that the
word gyros derives from the fact that the meat goes around (gyrates),
I found two pages on how to pronounce gyros (including sound
samples): http://www.ctext.com/jmonkey/insp43.html and
http://www.erols.com/textuscs/gyros/justhow.html
Gyros came into American English as "hero" and the meaning got
extended to subs, sandwiches made in a long, SUBmarine-like bun.
Hence hero = sub.
Why is this relevant enough to be worth posting? My research reveals
that virtually all restaurant supplies for the manufacture and sales
of gyros are controlled by a company called Kronos-Central. How
could I not tell you?
- Qov, who is almost completely sure this is a coincidence