The Great Gigabyte Controversy
Pete Holsberg
pjh at mccc.uucp
Sun Nov 12 11:51:41 AEST 1989
In article <742 at lakart.UUCP> dg at lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes:
=From article <15594 at puff.UUCP>, by kschnitz at puff.UUCP (Kevin Schnitzius):
=] swirsky at olivee.olivetti.com (Robert Swirsky) says:
=]>
=]> Perhaps a better way to tell a wizard is from the way he/she pronounces
=]> "gigabyte." If a person pronounces it with a *soft* "g" (as in gigantic)
=]> that person knows what he/she's talking about.
=]>
=]> Every dictionary in the universe says that a soft g is preferred/correct.
=]
=] Do you mean:
=] (1) jigabyte
=] (2) gijabyte
=] (3) jijabyte
=] (4) gigabyte
=
=Why am i giggling so much as the suggestions to pronounce in jigabyte :-)
=
=The softness / hardness of a g followed by an i is not cast in stone:
=
=giggle has a hard g
=gigantic has a soft g
=gibbon has a hard g
=gift has a hard g
=giblet has a soft g
=
=Take your pick.
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Whatever David says is goodenough for me! But, is it geega or ggga??
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