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meg or megs? gig or gigs?

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BlahBlahYouToo

Lifer
i can't stand it when someone says 50 gig.
if you're abbreviating from gigabytes, it because gigs, not gig.

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
 
"I have a 500 (gigs?) hard drive"

"I just partitioned my 250 gig drive, 50 gigs for windows and 200 gigs for pr0n"

I think you use both.
 
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
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correction- it does NOT depend on the context.
"it's a 50 gigabyte hard drive", not "it's a 50 gigabytes hard drive."

"the hard drive hold 50 gigabytes", not "the hard drive holds 50 gigabyte."
 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
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context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
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in this case, it would be appropriate to say gigs.
 
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
Click to expand...

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
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in this case, it would be appropriate to say gigs.
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yes, and i've heard ppl say gig and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
Click to expand...

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
Click to expand...

in this case, it would be appropriate to say gigs.
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yes, and i've heard ppl say gig and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
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in that sentence it would be inappropriate yes. but in the example, i bought a 50 gig hard drive, there's no need. i'd just pull your friend aside and tell him to say it the write (write? get it? hard drive read write? hah i crack myself up) way or else 🙂
 
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
Click to expand...

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
Click to expand...

in this case, it would be appropriate to say gigs.
Click to expand...

yes, and i've heard ppl say gig and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
Click to expand...

in that sentence it would be inappropriate yes. but in the example, i bought a 50 gig hard drive, there's no need. i'd just pull your friend aside and tell him to say it the write (write? get it? hard drive read write? hah i crack myself up) way or else 🙂
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actually, it doesn't depend on the context.

you say "i bought a 50 gigabyte hard drive", not "i bought a 50 gigabytes hard drive" so the abbreviation is gig, not gigs in this case.
therefore not context dependent.
 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
Click to expand...

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
Click to expand...

in this case, it would be appropriate to say gigs.
Click to expand...

yes, and i've heard ppl say gig and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
Click to expand...

in that sentence it would be inappropriate yes. but in the example, i bought a 50 gig hard drive, there's no need. i'd just pull your friend aside and tell him to say it the write (write? get it? hard drive read write? hah i crack myself up) way or else 🙂
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actually, it doesn't depend on the context.

you say "i bought a 50 gigabyte hard drive", not "i bought a 50 gigabytes hard drive" so the abbreviation is gig, not gigs in this case.
therefore not context dependent.
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okie dokie.

 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
i can't stand it when someone says 50 gig.
if you're abbreviating from gigabytes, it because gigs, not gig.

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
Click to expand...

Is this written or spoken? If written it would be 50gb. If spoken it would be 50 gigabytes. I think it's goofy to use the word "gig" with or without an s, unless you are talking about musical venues.
 
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Depends on the context.

I can say it's a 50 gig hard drive, or that the hard drive holds 50 gigs.
Click to expand...

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
Click to expand...

in this case, it would be appropriate to say gigs.
Click to expand...

yes, and i've heard ppl say gig and it's like nails on a chalkboard.
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It does depend on context. In your specific examples, it would be gigs.

But, I could easily reword it to make it REQUIRE gig, not gigs, or else its terrible grammar.

"I have a 500 gig hard drive." Translates to: "I have a 500 gigabyte hard drive." Not "I have a 500 gigabytes hard drive."

Same with "I have a 20 meg internet connection" 20 megabit, not megabits.

It's context-sensitive. You only including one specific context is bias. 😉
 
teras

I hate the word "gigabyte", I don't know why. It just doesn't sound very high-tech to me. Glad we are moving into the age of terabytes, they sound much cooler.
 
Originally posted by: destrekor
It does depend on context. In your specific examples, it would be gigs.

But, I could easily reword it to make it REQUIRE gig, not gigs, or else its terrible grammar.

"I have a 500 gig hard drive." Translates to: "I have a 500 gigabyte hard drive." Not "I have a 500 gigabytes hard drive."

Same with "I have a 20 meg internet connection" 20 megabit, not megabits.

It's context-sensitive. You only including one specific context is bias. 😉
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well, 'gigabyte' and 'gigabytes' are context sensitive. the abbreviation of those 2 words are dependent on the unabbreviated versions.
so if you want to get technical, due to transitivity, it does.
 
Originally posted by: torpid
Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
i can't stand it when someone says 50 gig.
if you're abbreviating from gigabytes, it because gigs, not gig.

context is "50 gig(s) of space left on the drive"
which would you use?
Click to expand...

Is this written or spoken? If written it would be 50gb. If spoken it would be 50 gigabytes. I think it's goofy to use the word "gig" with or without an s, unless you are talking about musical venues.
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sometimes i call gigabytes giggles. as in "hey look, i got a 16 giggle thumb drive!" the use of "thumb drive" gets some IT folk all whiny as well.
 
50 GIGS of space
50 GIG hard drive
50 GIGS worth of pr0n
50 GIG download

got it?

Edit: I got 4 gigs of ram. My old laptop only has 512 megs of ram. My desktop has 2 ters of space? WTF.
 
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