Date   : Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:49:51 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> No-one's yet commented on the usage of "disc" vs. "disk".  I was taught
> that "disk" was the American English version, "disc" the British English
> version, and that along the same lines of "program/programme", "disk"
> should be used when referring to floppy discs.

I remember asking about that somewhere - possibly over on the classiccmp list. 
  From memory the *general* opinion was that disk was typically used for 
magnetic media and disc for optical - but there were quite a few contributers 
who consistently stuck with one or the other regardless of media type.

Even in Acorn's own documentation there seems to be no particular standard and 
spelling depends entirely on the author (although 'disc' is slightly more common)

Personally I much prefer disk, at least for magnetic media - disc always makes 
me think of lobbing the discus around at school sports days :-)

cheers

Jules