Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!ssc!markz From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Pronunciation of giga Message-ID: <233@ssc.UUCP> Date: 16 Sep 90 03:02:49 GMT References: <29352@netnews.upenn.edu> <226@ssc.UUCP> <29560@netnews.upenn.edu> Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA Lines: 11 In article <29560@netnews.upenn.edu>, depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) writes: > In article <226@ssc.UUCP> markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes: > >The dictionary says Ji'g@ with jig'@ as secondary. > >(ji rhymes with sigh). > I hope that was a mistake. j-eye-guh? Like the I in Ice. (I've never heard it that way either, but that's what Random House says.) markz@ssc.uucp