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CT-OfficialScratcher
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How to pronounce Giga?

She is one of scratch cat's friends, but I am wondering how to pronounce that sprite's name- Jee-Jaa? Gee-gaa? Jee-gaa? Gee-jaa? Gih-gaa? Jih-gaa? Gih-jaa? Jih-jaa? you get the idea
k0d3rrr
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How to pronounce Giga?

I pronounce it as ‘gee-gah’.
CT-OfficialScratcher
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How to pronounce Giga?

k0d3rrr wrote:

I pronounce it as ‘gee-gah’.
But how does ST pronounce it?
-OdysseyCentral-
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How to pronounce Giga?

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

k0d3rrr wrote:

I pronounce it as ‘gee-gah’.
But how does ST pronounce it?
Probably the same, most of the character names are based on storage units or how do you call them, like TERAbyte, NANObyte
GIGAbyte. So I would assume they pronounce it like in the storage units.
Zydrolic
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How to pronounce Giga?

'Geeg-a' should be the right pronounciation(atleast it's what I use), but here's the one from google:
/ˈɡɪɡə/

Last edited by Zydrolic (July 1, 2023 12:25:30)

ajskateboarder
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How to pronounce Giga?

I usually say “Gih-ga” like giga-byte
PoIygon
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How to pronounce Giga?

ajskateboarder wrote:

(#6)
I usually say “Gih-ga” like giga-byte
me too
Lionwarriorspets
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How to pronounce Giga?

ajskateboarder wrote:

I usually say “Gih-ga” like giga-byte
same
Crispydogs101
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How to pronounce Giga?

ajskateboarder wrote:

I usually say “Gih-ga” like giga-byte
I do the same too.
i_eat_coffee
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How to pronounce Giga?

Giga comes from Gigabyte, which is often shortened to GB, so, just say “G”

Just kidding, although the name Giga really does come from Gigabyte (like Nanobyte, Terabyte, etc), so you can say it like you say “Giga” from “Gigabyte”
spidermanLOLL
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How to pronounce Giga?

ajskateboarder wrote:

I usually say “Gih-ga” like giga-byte
Same x5

Last edited by spidermanLOLL (July 1, 2023 15:40:30)

CT-OfficialScratcher
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How to pronounce Giga?

Edit: text to speech calls it gee-gah but google calls it gih-gah. No J though.
scratchcode1_2_3
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How to pronounce Giga?

uhhh but i pronounce gigabyte like jeegah byte
therealerkakallika
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How to pronounce Giga?

geeh-gah
therealerkakallika
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How to pronounce Giga?

therealerkakallika wrote:

(#14)
geeh-gah
Ih cahn't behliehveh youh neehd toh ahdd tooh manhy hs
kkidslogin
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How to pronounce Giga?

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:

(#13)
uhhh but i pronounce gigabyte like jeegah byte
Not correct, unfortunately.

it's “gee-ga”, as Scratch characters are based on numerical prefixes, such as giga (Billion), tera (Trillion), nano (One billionth), and pico (One trillionth) (C'mon guys a nanobyte doesn't exist).
scratchcode1_2_3
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How to pronounce Giga?

kkidslogin wrote:

(#16)

scratchcode1_2_3 wrote:

(#13)
uhhh but i pronounce gigabyte like jeegah byte
Not correct, unfortunately.

it's “gee-ga”, as Scratch characters are based on numerical prefixes, such as giga (Billion), tera (Trillion), nano (One billionth), and pico (One trillionth) (C'mon guys a nanobyte doesn't exist).
I know there's no nanobyte, but my dad taught me the pronunciation wrong then because I've been saying it like that since I was like 5 lol

Edit: HELP HOW DO I FIX THE PRONUNCIATION NOW

Last edited by scratchcode1_2_3 (July 6, 2023 13:46:57)

CT-OfficialScratcher
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How to pronounce Giga?

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Edit: text to speech calls it gee-gah but google calls it gih-gah. No J though.
bringing this up, google and text2speech disagree…
k7e
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How to pronounce Giga?

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Edit: text to speech calls it gee-gah but google calls it gih-gah. No J though.
bringing this up, google and text2speech disagree…
My guess is that “Giga” is a prefix, not an actual word, and text-to-speech isn't meant to recognize prefixes by themselves, so it thinks it's a made up word. It's like if you put the prefix “bi” into text-to-speech, and it pronounced it “bih” (as in “bit”), that technically wouldn't be wrong because it's not an actual word.

The wiki says that Giga is named after the prefix, and if you put a word starting with giga- (such as gigabyte) into text-to-speech, it pronounces it “gih-guh”. That's also how Wikipedia says the prefix is pronounced. So I think that would be the correct way to pronounce it.

However, if you really want to pronounce Giga's name “gee-guh” in your projects, no rules stop you from doing that.

Last edited by k7e (July 6, 2023 15:37:35)

kkidslogin
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How to pronounce Giga?

k7e wrote:

(#19)

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

CT-OfficialScratcher wrote:

Edit: text to speech calls it gee-gah but google calls it gih-gah. No J though.
bringing this up, google and text2speech disagree…
My guess is that “Giga” is a prefix, not an actual word, and text-to-speech isn't meant to recognize prefixes by themselves, so it thinks it's a made up word. It's like if you put the prefix “bi” into text-to-speech, and it pronounced it “bih” (as in “bit”), that technically wouldn't be wrong because it's not an actual word.

The wiki says that Giga is named after the prefix, and if you put a word starting with giga- (such as gigabyte) into text-to-speech, it pronounces it “gih-guh”. That's also how Wikipedia says the prefix is pronounced. So I think that would be the correct way to pronounce it.

However, if you really want to pronounce Giga's name “gee-guh” in your projects, no rules stop you from doing that.
I think this is an example of words having different pronunciations. I usually call her “gee-gah” but occasionally “gih-gah.”

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