On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 17:53 +1200, Russell McMahon 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.
> 
> Consider
> 
>     gigantic  = jigantic and possibly even jijantic but not
> 
>             gye gan tic or gigg an tic.
> 
> 
> If you used either of the latter it would be considered strange.
> Usages obviously diverge.
> As we know :-)

Well "giggantic" is something I have heard, it wouldn't be THAT strange
to my ears.

I guess this is just another example of WHY the english language is so
horrible to learn, the exact same letters can have vastly different
pronunciation that even differs depending on WHAT part of the english
world you come from.

Up until this point I thought "jigawatts" WAS a joke! :) I'm glad to
have been corrected. TTYL

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