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On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 08:50:43 +1000, Franc Zabkar
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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! ;-)


The NIST page doesn't show the pronunciation. Here's the URL:
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html

But see he http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?giga-
and he
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionar...onary&va=giga-
Generally speaking, the first listing in the dictionary is the
preferred pronunciation.

And the following URL talks ad nauseum about the pronunciation, but
all that is moot since the reference publications from NBS (now NIST)
(which are presumably derived from the SI international stds), and
such pubs as the U.S. Navy and ASME give the prounciation as jiga.
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/spr/2001-12/msg0037637.html


Bob Masta
tech(AT)daqarta(DOT)com



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