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From: dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The Great Gigabyte Controversy
Message-ID: <742@lakart.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 89 18:53:50 GMT
References: <15594@puff.UUCP>
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From article <15594@puff.UUCP>, by kschnitz@puff.UUCP (Kevin Schnitzius):
] swirsky@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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