Re: [SURVPC] .GIF correct pronounciation?

[Marc D. Williams]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 11:05:19PM -0800, Marc D. Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 09:44:02AM -0500, Pete Rickard wrote:
> >
> > I read somewhere that "gigabyte" should also be pronounced with a
> > SOFT "g", since "giga" is the root of the word "gigantic", for example.
> > But nearly everyone I know attacks "giga" with a HARD "g"...   ;-)
> >
> Yeah, the "jigabyte" pronounciation is mentioned in my (now at least ten
> years old) copy of `Upgrading and Repairing PCs' book.
>
> You'll be hard-pressed to get anyone to use that pronunciation though. :-)
>
Oops, quick correction for myself.
It was mentioned in PC Magazine's DOS Power Tools book, 1988.

Marc

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