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# no need!
sings back to the future theme out of tune
(Azzek!, Mon 25 Oct 2004, 23:32, archived)
# ha ha!
(favourite film ever)
(I helped save b3ta! 100% of Gibbon, Mon 25 Oct 2004, 23:33, archived)
# Yarr!
(Azzek!, Mon 25 Oct 2004, 23:34, archived)
# erm...
sorry to piss on your parade, but doesnt he say Jigawatts..?
(vt8879, Tue 26 Oct 2004, 2:06, archived)
# In the film, it's pronounced "jigawatts",
but it's spelt "gigawatts".

/pedant
(albatross! aka Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk kerplunk - whoops, where's my thribble?, Tue 26 Oct 2004, 3:57, archived)
# incidently
that film is the only place I've ever heard anyone pronounce it 'jigawatts'. whats with THAT.
(Hazhar, Tue 26 Oct 2004, 12:09, archived)
# i remember
there is a website somewhere that explains this.

apparently it's common in america to say "jigawatts", but it is actually gigawatts, they just can't pronounce things properly, surprisingly

well, that's one post in about 2 years

EDIT: at this website infact
www.deloreanmotorcar.com/ec/jigawatts.htm
(I helped save b3ta! The man with the screaming brain has nothing but total respect for Annie Lennox, Tue 26 Oct 2004, 18:57, archived)
# yeah..
its crap, they say Jigawatts in the film, i have yet to meet a Britain or American who pronounces Gigawatts that way... the clue is in the film "what the hell is a Jigawatt?" its a made up unit, the fact martie picks up on that is part of the humour of BTTF!!!
(vt8879, Wed 27 Oct 2004, 4:19, archived)