Originally Posted by
GoktimusPrime
So... Gigawatt...
Who here pronounces it with with a soft "g" (JIG-gawatt) and who pronounces it with a hard "g" (GIG-gawatt)?
Obviously the word "gigawatt" (GW) as a unit of measurement is pronounced with a hard "g," as it is in words like gigabyte, gigalitre and gigametre etc., but in Back to the Future Doc Brown and Marty McFly mispronounce it as "jigga-watt."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cYgRnfFDA
N.B.: I don't particularly care either way and I'm personally not even getting the Gigawatt TF (not really my thing) - but just curious to see what the consensus is. I personally say it with a hard "g" (gig rather than jig). <shrugs>
I go with how it's pronounced in the movies, so Jiggawatt for me. But tbh I'll probably switch back and forth and wouldn't even notice if others did the same or not.
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