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> many people pronounce giga as "jigga". Do they? I do, because it is the correct pronunciation (the hard G only became prevalent after hard drives grew to GB
by rauhl 6y ago
> many people pronounce giga as "jigga".
Do they? I do, because it is the correct pronunciation (the hard G only became prevalent after hard drives grew to GB sizes and Americans unfamiliar with the French system of units mispronounced the prefix), but I am literally the only one I have ever heard use it in person, and the only other instance I have heard it pronounced correctly is by Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown in Back to the Future.
Why do I persist when everyone around me pronounces it incorrectly? Indeed, if everyone else pronounces a word a different way, are they right and am I wrong? I guess I just like tilting at windmills, I guess!
Also GIF has a soft g …
- jagged-chisel 6y agoNo. You cannot pronounce a graphic standard's acronym in a way that might confuse it with my peanut butter.
- YeGoblynQueenne 6y agoThe French pronounciation is the "Correct" pronounciation? Wait 'till you hear how Greeks pronounce "Giga" and "Mega"- Greek words meaning "giant" and "large" :) ... or how we pronounce "gamma", for that matter. (See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_fricative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_velar_fricative)