>first day in CS
>get to chapter about gigabytes
>professor pronounces it "jigga-bytes"
>everyone acts like this is normal
Have I been pronouncing it wrong this whole time?
No, Greek gamma in 'gigas' ('giant') was always pronounced as hard 'g'. You are correct.
>Euler's identity
>It's pronounced "Oilers".
>mfw
>>57852488
FUCK EVERYONE THAT CALLS HIM OILER
>>57852488
Literally the correct pronunciation.
>>57852448
THIS IS THE COMMON CORE WAY
>Discussing Star Trek
>Constantly call Cardassians, Kardashians
>>57852488
But that's correct.
>>57852448
No, your professor is just one of those fags who can't spell GIF right.
>>57852506
How else would you pronounce it?
my professor was the woorst
>ky-low-bite
>mee-guh-bite
>jigga-bite
>>57852448
No, it's Gibibyte
>>57853359
HOW ABOUT FUCKING EULER?
W10/parrot OS
>>57855465
You mean "YOU-LAR"?
Sorry, I'm german, so for me it's natural to pronounce it "Oiler". I'm sometimes baffled how much english phonetics can fuck up foreign words.
>>57852488
I mean, even in textbooks they tend to mention the correct pronunciation of Euler.
>>57852448
>prounounces gigabyte "jiggabyte"
>prounounces gif "guh-iff"
>>57852448
just start pronouncing things with an indian accent. make your future bosses happy.
>>57852488
nice bait
>>57852448
Gigawatt gets pronounced as jigawatt and nobody cares.
>>57852448
I just say gigs.
>>57855639
Blame Doc. Brown
>>57852448
>first day in CS
>professor tells us to install gcc and emacs
>uses his own custom web application for presentation written in scheme
god bless
>>57852634
>>57852448
Fucking idiot. No you havent