Date   : Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:10:26 -0000
From   : "Colin" <cwhill@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

I would go with that.
English usually uses the spelling from source (ie. disc as taken from
"discus") and America to spell "as spoken".
Night and nite as examples.
As a "new" country, I expect that the US needs to have something
original...........................
Colin Hill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 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
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