The phrase "gat spliced" is commonly used in the field of electrical engineering to refer to the technique of joining two wires together by stripping the insulation and twisting the exposed ends. It is pronounced /ɡæt spaɪst/ with emphasis on the first syllable of "spliced". The "gat" part is spelled with a "g" to represent the hard "g" sound, rather than a "j" which would denote a soft "g". The phonetic transcription "spaɪst" represents the long "i" sound in "spliced".