Herbert Graf wrote: > On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 20:01 -0400, David VanHorn wrote: > >>> I'm curious, where have you found that "jigawatt" is the correct >>> pronunciation? >>> >>> Anybody who would say GB as "jigabytes" where I work would probably get >>> some laughs. >>> >> Looked it up in the dictionary. >> >> >> http://www.bartleby.com/61/24/G0122400.html >> >> This one lists both pronunciations, but I looked it up right after seeing >> the movie, whenever that was. >> > > Interesting. All I'd have to say is they are no longer up to date. I > have NEVER heard the metric prefix "giga" pronounced as "jiga", and this > is going back at least 20 years. > > >From Wiki: > In the movie, the power required is pronounced "one point twenty-one > jigawatts". Although this pronunciation of "gigawatt" was once > considered the correct one, it is no longer the most common. > > I'm even more curious now, does anyone on the list regularly pronounce > that word these days as "jigawatt" (or more commonly perhaps jigabyte)? > > TTYL > > I worked for 16 years (70s, 80s 90s)at a microwave products company and about 2/3 of the engineers pronounced it "jigawatts". These guys were from the likes of MIT (Radiation Labs), Harvard, Cal Tech and had worked with folks that invented/developed microwaves & especially radar. Bunch of old farts!!! *Carey Fisher, Chief Technical Officerys New Communications Solutions, LLC *careyfisher@ncsradio.com Toll Free Phone:888-883-5788 Local Phone:770-814-0683 FAX: 888-883-5788 www.ncsradio.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist