We usually say "giga" with a hard "g" but I believe it was originally to be pronounced with the soft "g," as in gigantic. Computer usage has got the hard "g" embedded in American pronunciation now.
Don't quote me.
 
John

Philip S Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which brings to mind a question. How is giga properly pronounced in
> English? As GIG-AH or as JIG-AH? In Back to the Future it was pronounce
> like JIG-AH.


         John Woelflein

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