asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) (09/17/90)
In article <1134.26F1073A@ofa123.fidonet.org> rick@ofa123.fidonet.org (Rick Ellis) writes: >On <Sep 10 14:44> Jeff DePolo writes: > > JD> Is it jig'@ or gig'@? I Have only ever heard Giga pronounced Jiga in 'Back to the Future'. Over here it is pronounced giga (by all I have met). However the pronounciation is a colloquialism and so although it may sound strange to me, it will be common place to others. If there is a correct pronounciation, I would have expected it to be:- gi'ga pref. denoting factor of 10^9 (gigametre). [f. Gk gigas giant] as in the Oxford English Dictionary, which usually closely follows the English language.