The Great Vi Controversy

Richard O'Keefe ok at cs.mu.oz.au
Tue Oct 24 20:08:20 AEST 1989


In article <49631 at oliveb.olivetti.com>, swirsky at olivee.olivetti.com (Robert Swirsky) writes:
[says that wizards pronounce "gigabyte" with a soft g"]
> Every dictionary in the universe says that a soft g is preferred/correct.

The Concise Oxford says that both hard and soft are allowed.

Never occurred to me that gamma-iota-gamma-alpha might come across with a
soft g; must keep an ear out for it and maybe I'll hear it some day.



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