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The parallels with "gigga" vs "jigga" (for the pronunciation of the metric prefix) are striking. I've met a couple of people recently who weren't even aware of

The parallels with "gigga" vs "jigga" (for the pronunciation of the metric prefix) are striking. I've met a couple of people recently who weren't even aware of the 2nd pronunciation, and a lot of the people who are don't realize that both pronunciations are accepted.

softbuilder 13y ago
Wait, so Doc Brown's 1.28 jigawatts is legit?
- sp332 13y ago
  Yeah, it's an option. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giga- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/giga-
- breadbox 13y ago
  Not only that, there's evidence that it might have been the more common pronunciation at the time!