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 ML> All amazing to me. Question: when did the pronunciation
 ML> of "giga-" stop being "jyga," which it was when I was a
 ML> wee one, and start being "gigga," with a presumed
 ML> waystation at "jigga"?

 DD> I think it's a sign of our evolving language. And the
 DD> political incorrectness of referring to anything in terms
 DD> that sound like "jig"

 DS> Evolving language explains it best, I think.

 DS> People tend to shorten words like "megabyte" and "gigabyte" so we
 DS> get terms like "megs" and "gigs."  No one would pronounce g-i-g as
 DS> "jyge" and it became common to pronounce "gigabyte" as "gigga-bite"
 DS> rather than "jyga-byte."  BTW, I've been fooling around with
 DS> computers since the '70s when I programmed my first game on a WANG-2000
 DS> mainframe and I have never ever heard anyone use the "jyga"
 DS> pronounciation.

Me neither. Not to get into a weenie waving contest - I built my first computer
in the mid-70s. An SWTP-6800 (using a Motorola 6800 CPU) w/4K ram and no
storage (that was lots extra) that I bought and built for U$395 from an ad in
BYTE magazine. Since I had wiped out my budget with the purchase of the
computer I had to save up for the $175 cassette tape storage unit. And it was
nowhere near as cool looking as an Altair or Smoke Signal Broadcasting S-100
unit. By the time I could afford the keyboard and interface I had bought a PET
4032.  Bv)=
 
 DS> I doubt political correctness has anything to do with it.  Mattel still
 DS> makes a toy called the "Sing-a-ma-Jig."  People run jig lines and jig
 DS> for fish; woodworkers, machinists, glaziers and other craftsmen still
 DS> make jigs for consistent product fabrication and assembly; Irish
 DS> dancers still jig at performances; and when one gets caught red-handed,
 DS> the jig is still up.

And in jig-time, too.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Irish Jig Salad
 Categories: Salads, Dairy, Citrus, Squash
      Yield: 10 servings

  1 1/2 c  Boiling water
      6 oz Pkg lime gelatin
    1/4 ts Salt
  1 1/2 c  Cold water
      1 tb Lemon juice
    1/2 c  Sour cream
    1/2 c  Prepared salad dressing;
           - like Miracle Wimp
      1 lg Cucumber; peeled, seeded
           - and chopped
      2 tb White onion; chopped
      1 ts Dill weed

  Carefully pour the boiling water into a large mixing bowl.
  
  Add the gelatin powder and salt.
  
  Whisk until the gelatin powder is completely dissolved.
  
  Pour the cold water into the mixture.
  
  Add the lemon juice and stir to combine well.
  
  Refrigerate the gelatin for 1 hour or until just beginning
  to become thick.
  
  Place the sour cream and salad dressing together in a
  mixing bowl and blend together.
  
  Add the sour cream mixture to the slightly thick gelatin
  mixture.
  
  Place the gelatin back in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
  
  Fold in the cucumber and onion until well combined.
  
  Sprinkle the dill weed into the gelatin mixture and mix to
  incorporate well.
  
  Spray a 5 C gelatin mold with a non stick cooking spray.
  
  Pour the gelatin mixture into the prepared mold.
  
  Refrigerate 5 hours or until very firm.

  Serves: 10

  From: http://www.apples4theteacher.com

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