[Ads-l] Gyro

[Martin Schneider]

This reminds me. Some years ago the California-based blogger Kevin Drum
tracked uses of the word "taco" in the undeniably East Coast pages of The
New Yorker, making it clear that the term was all but unknown to its
readers even as Californians were very familiar with the term. I think the
time frame was similar. Might be worth a thread of its own.

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM victor steinbok <
000025123e35b025-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> OED has the earliest citation from NYT for September 1971. This one is a
> few months earlier. It likely had been in use in NYC for close to a decade,
> at the point. Possibly earlier in Chicago.
>
> "There are two versions of the now-popular gyro sandwich of pressed lamb
> wrapped in Holy Land bread..."
>
> New York Magazine, Volume 4, No.26 June 28, 1971, p. 64
>
> VS-)
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org