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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:17:46 +0000
From: Tony Hoyle <tmh@magenta-netlogic.com>
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To: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com>
CC: Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
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Dr. Kelsey Hudson wrote:

> It had always been my assumption that non-optical storage media used the
> 'disk' spelling, whereas optical media, such as CDs, DVDs, and MO, were
> reffered to using the 'disc' spelling.
 
I can remember having this argument back in the days of the BBC Micro.  The
BBC is the only machine I have ever seen that used 'disc'...  In those days
I assumed it was correct.  Over time, I came to accept that we used 'disk' for
the same reasons we use 'program' rather than 'programme'.

I haven't heard anyone in the UK spell it 'disc' for years....

When I last tried devfs (around the 2.4.0test era - a short and painful experience, but
that's another story) I was confused by the use of 'disc'.  IMHO it should be changed,
because it's simply wrong, even in england (so please stop blaming us for it!).

Tony

-- 
"User DATA\tmh cannot be created because DATA\tmh does not exist."
Windows -- Great UI huh?

tmh@magenta-netlogic.com        http://www.nothing-on.tv

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