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From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of giga
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Date: 14 Sep 90 16:01:23 GMT
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>>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).


Uh, Andy, I was talking *pronunciation*, not spelling!



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