Date   : Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:39:13 GMT
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

On Feb 6 2006, 13:10, Colin wrote:
> I would go with that.
> English usually uses the spelling from source (ie. disc as taken from
> "discus") and America to spell "as spoken".

Except that the original Greek is (as near as you can get with a Roman
alphabet!) "diskos".  "discus" is a purely English word meaning a
particular object used in a throwing sport.

> Night and nite as examples.

Isn't "nite" still regarded as a mid-20th century slang variant?
 Perhaps not, now, but I don't have a reasonably recent American
dictionary to check.

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