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Subject:Re: Pronouncing "gigabyte" From:Chad Hill <chill -at- INDYUNIX -dot- IUPUI -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 1 Feb 1994 13:57:07 -0500
Sorry folks but let's discuss the English tendency to shorten nouns.
No one in their right minds are going to brag about having a "two 'jig'"
harddrive hooked up to a PC. The person will obviously use the term
"gig". Besides it would make for some pretty poor workspace management if
everytime you saved a file someone began dancing the so-called "jig" on your
desk.
