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From: pjt@cpac.washington.edu (Larry Setlow)
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of giga
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Date: 12 Sep 90 15:52:41 GMT
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In article <4474@qip.UUCP> john@qip.UUCP (John Moore) writes:
   In the computer biz, I have always heard the term pronounced Giga.
   My father, a EE professor, insists it is pronounced "jiga" - apparently
   in the radar world where he works, that is the normal pronounciaiion.

That's interesting; in the radar world where I work, I (and everybody
I've asked over the years) haven't heard more than two people use the
soft g.  Which is to say, everybody I've encountered in the radar
profession (whatever the hell that's supposed to mean) pronounces it
'giga'.