Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:41:03 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: utisoft@gmail.com Cc: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk vs Disc (was: WD External Disc Drive) Message-ID: <4AE6095F.4010904@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0910261159h2bb87bbx919b2a573595ad0e@mail.gmail.com> References: <54db43990910261048k8a5d644q2950d4d5e5cb3b01@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0910261159h2bb87bbx919b2a573595ad0e@mail.gmail.com>
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Chris Rees wrote:
> I have always considered hard disk, floppy diskette, and compact disc
> (and digital versatile disc) to be the terminology; but then again the
> official British spelling is disc, whereas AFAICR the US spelling is
> disk.
The official British spelling is whichever one of disc or disk takes your=
fancy at the time. Very few people actually care one way or the other.
Cheers
Matthew
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