A few days ago
How does one pronounce “gigawatt”?
My two science profs can not agree: one says it “gigawatt” and one says “jigawatt”. They both swear that the other pronounciation is a “common error”… which is right? Or are both acceptable?
PS: This has NOTHING to do with the Back to the Future debate…
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A few days ago
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I have always pronounced it with a g but when I went on http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gigawatt they pronounced it with a j. I think that either would be acceptable and everyone would understand you.
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A few days ago
I’ve always heard it pronounced as with the “g” sound rather than the “j” sound. However, that may be a function of which side of the Atlantic you’re on. I’m American; it sort of sounds like the “j” sound might be a British pronunciation – just a hunch. Maybe the “jigawatt” professor is from outside the U.S.? 🙂
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4 years ago
Gigawatt Pronunciation
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A few days ago
It doesn’t matter until they start using Sodium Bicorbonate + Acetic Acid In Eachother’s Lab Experiment.(Chuckles Gently!) it’s probably “G” not “J”.
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A few days ago
I’ve always said it with the hard “g”. I don’t think there is a right or wrong pronunciation.
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4 years ago
Jigawatt
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5 years ago
Outloud: Wenz-Day In My Head When I Am Spelling The Word: Wed-Nes-Day
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5 years ago
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Wenzday…who in the world actually says “wed-nes-day out” loud. You can say it in your head like that, but it would sound weird out loud 😀
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7 years ago
NIST’s official pronunciation is “jigawatt”. So the one who says “gheegawatt” is wrong.
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A few days ago
Both “g” are pronounced “hard”, as in “gamble”, emphasis on the first syllable. I have heard the “i” pronounced “short” as in “in” and also somewhat more like a “long e” as in “deed”. Hence GI-guh-waht or GEE-guh-waht.
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