Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!prls!gordon From: gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Pronunciation of pico/giga et.al. Message-ID: <44475@prls.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 90 17:03:47 GMT References: <02444.AA02444@lemsys.UUCP> <4531@qip.UUCP> <1990Sep21.080147.4905@sq.sq.com> Reply-To: gordon@prls.UUCP (Gordon Vickers) Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 14 Geeeesh, who cares ? If you know what the other person is referring to, then it really doesn't matter how it is pronounced. Besides, nobody really speaks information anymore, we read; journals, books, Usenet articles, email, .... :-) You say two-ma-toe, I say toe-mae-toe, ............. Let's call the whole thing off. Gordon Vickers 408/991-5370 {mips,pyramid|philabs}!prls!gordon Signetics in Sunnyvale,Ca (USA) Earth is a complex array of symbiotic relationships: Every extinction, whether animal, mineral, vegetable, or cultural hastens our own demise.