When you hear the word "gigawatt"...

[Zugzwang152]

do you say the first 'g' with a "j" sound, as it was said in the movie? Or do you pronounce giga- correctly?

I can't help but say jigga-watt all the time.

 

[Occifer]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
do you say the first 'g' with a "j" sound, as it was said in the movie? Or do you pronounce giga- correctly?

I can't help but say jigga-watt all the time.

Jigaa-watt because of Back to the Future.

 

[Confused]

Do you say "Ah ere ave 200 jigga-bites of pr0n on mah computah"?

Exactly


Confused

 

[Chaotic42]

Giga, just like everything else.

Sorry, Doc.

 

[Medea]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
do you say the first 'g' with a "j" sound, as it was said in the movie? Or do you pronounce giga- correctly?

I can't help but say jigga-watt all the time.

You are pronouncing it correctly when you use the "soft g" or a "j" sound as in jigga-watt.

The general rule is that a "g" before an "e" or an "i" is pronounced with a "soft g" (like a "j") as in gem or gin.


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[paruhd0x]

Originally posted by: Medea

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
do you say the first 'g' with a "j" sound, as it was said in the movie? Or do you pronounce giga- correctly?

I can't help but say jigga-watt all the time.

You are pronouncing it correctly when you use the "soft g" or a "j" sound as in jigga-watt.

The general rule is that a "g" before an "e" or an "i" is pronounced with a "soft g" (like a "j") as in gem or gin.


Dictionary.com
Merriam-Webster Online

Wow I did not know that...

 

[ApacheXMD]

jigga who?

I pronounce all gigastuff with a hard G.

-patchy

 

[Analog]

was it 1.21 jigga watts?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Medea

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
do you say the first 'g' with a "j" sound, as it was said in the movie? Or do you pronounce giga- correctly?

I can't help but say jigga-watt all the time.

You are pronouncing it correctly when you use the "soft g" or a "j" sound as in jigga-watt.

The general rule is that a "g" before an "e" or an "i" is pronounced with a "soft g" (like a "j") as in gem or gin.


Dictionary.com
Merriam-Webster Online

But the hard g is preferred.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
was it 1.21 jigga watts?

"Great Scotts"

Run for it Marty!!

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
was it 1.21 jigga watts?

"Great Scotts"

Run for it Marty!!

i dont know how i can genearate that much power, it cant be done, it cant

 

[ndee]

are you stupid or what?

 

[whaleskinrug]

It sounds like something a pimp would say.

 

[TMPadmin]

What did you do? Jump ship?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Medea

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
do you say the first 'g' with a "j" sound, as it was said in the movie? Or do you pronounce giga- correctly?

I can't help but say jigga-watt all the time.

You are pronouncing it correctly when you use the "soft g" or a "j" sound as in jigga-watt.

The general rule is that a "g" before an "e" or an "i" is pronounced with a "soft g" (like a "j") as in gem or gin.


Dictionary.com
Merriam-Webster Online

But the hard g is preferred.

That 'pref' means PREFIX, not PREFERRED.

 

[Medea]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

That 'pref' means PREFIX, not PREFERRED.

Yep, EyeMWing. :beer:

 

[FoBoT]

i say jigga watt just to screw around, but its really giga watt

 

[mattgyver]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
was it 1.21 jigga watts?

"Great Scotts"

Run for it Marty!!

i dont know how i can genearate that much power, it cant be done, it cant

Libyans!!!

 

[huesmann]

The flux capacitor!

88 miles per hour!

 

[TMPadmin]

If you want a pepsi you have to pay for it!

 

[TooOne21]

"I just monitored that scan you just interfaced. You are TERMINATATED!

 

[MartyMcFly3]

I felt a strange calling to this thread..... i dont know why.....

Younger Dr. Emmett Brown: [Running out of the room] 1.21 gigawatts?! 1.21 gigawatts?!
Marty McFly: [Following] What the hell is a gigawatt?!

Although I also say Jigga-Watt

 

[Confused]

If you want a water go dunk your head in the horse trough outside. In here we only serve whiskey.



Or something like that

 

[ElFenix]

one point twenty one jiggawatts!


ps it's only whiskey if it's irish

 

[Shawn]

gigawatt