On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 08:50:43 +1000, Franc Zabkar
wrote:


I would think the most sensible pronunciation would be "giga" as this
prefix is derived from the Greek word, "gigas", meaning "giant".

How do the Greeks pronounce "gigas"? The "jig-a" pronounciation
for giga seems to be in more-or-less in keeping with "gigantic".

Are there any hard-"g" English words with the "giant" meaning?

Not that anything is going to change common usage! ;-)



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