The Great Vi Controversy

Pete Holsberg pjh at mccc.uucp
Thu Oct 26 03:12:57 AEST 1989


In article <2511 at munnari.oz.au> ok at cs.mu.oz.au (Richard O'Keefe) writes:
=In article <49631 at oliveb.olivetti.com>, swirsky at olivee.olivetti.com (Robert Swirsky) writes:
=[says that wizards pronounce "gigabyte" with a soft g"]
=> Every dictionary in the universe says that a soft g is preferred/correct.
=
=The Concise Oxford says that both hard and soft are allowed.

A related question is on pronounciation of the "i".  Is it "eye" or "ee"?
I.e., jee-ga or jeye-ga, pee-co or peye-co??
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