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Re: Pronunciation of giga

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From: Bob Myers
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 18:32
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>Not to incite a flame war over trivial stuff, of course.  The "accepted
>standard pronunciation" is another question entirely... :^)

God, no!  We've already got one going just because some poor soul piped up
and asked a perfectly innocent question about what "superheterodyne" meant!

:-)

Bob M.
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Subject: Re: Pronunciation of giga
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