Date   : Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:41:49 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Grammar

Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
> I was going to mention this one.  I would always use "disc" in the
> same way I always use "programme" in an attempt to allow British
> English to prevail over any other variants.
> 
> But wasn't it the Acorn Atom Disk Pack as apposed to the Acorn Disc
> Filing System?

(fx: rummages)

Hmm, it was "Atom Disc Pack" - but in true Acorn fashion they use both disk 
and disc in the same document when talking about 5.25" media :-)

Actually, that's in my photocopied version - which *might* be pre-release; 
it's in a folder that contains a lot of Acorn internal documents. My 'proper' 
version of the manual's too buried to get at now - it'd be interesting to know 
whether anyone has a version where the spelling is consistent.

> What do people think of capitalisation of acronyms (ie. EPROMS, BASIC
> rather than eprom, basic)?

I don't mind that - but I often dislike unnecessary letters being stuffed into 
acronyms to make words ("sequel" instead of "SQL" *really* grates for some
reason)

cheers

Jules