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From: edw@cbnewsc.att.com (Edwin.D.Windes@ATT.COM)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of giga
Summary: pronunciation - not spelling
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.141029.18613@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 14 Sep 90 14:10:29 GMT
References: <17660104@hpfcdj.HP.COM> <3104@acorn.co.uk>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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In article <3104@acorn.co.uk>, asmith@acorn.co.uk (Andy Smith) writes:
>>>What is the accepted standard pronunciation of the prefix "giga"?  Is
>>>it jig'@ or gig'@?
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>>Both are in use, but I believe that "jiga" is regarded as the more
>>"correct."

>In the Oxford English dictionary Giga is the only correct version,
>Jiga is not even listed (Jigger is a no. 4 golf club).

"giga- \`jig-@, `gig-@\ _comb_form_ [ISV, fr. Gk _gigas_ giant]:
 billion <gigaton><gigivolt>"