The Great Gigabyte Controversy

[Zev Sero]

swirsky at olivee.olivetti.com (Robert Swirsky) says:
> Every dictionary in the universe says that a soft g is preferred/correct.

The Macquarie Dictionary (which was in the known universe last time I
looked) has only *one* pronunciation - hard g, i as in pit, hard g,
e as in the, bite.  Variants with j's or with the i as in bite are not
even listed.

Yankland is not the only place in the universe where English is
spoken.  In fact, it is not one of the places in the universe where
English is spoken :-)
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				Zev Sero  -  zvs at bby.oz.au
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commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate 
dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.
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