[1072] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Spelling: DISC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lee Jaffe, Microcompu)
Thu Aug 27 18:02:23 1992
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:43:04 CDT
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From: "Lee Jaffe, Microcomputer & Network Services" <jaffe%scilibx.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
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Just managed to reconnect to this forum and what is my first message?
How to spell disk. FWIW, I always assumed that disk was short for
diskette. My Webster's 9th Collegiate defines "diskette" as a floppy
disk. Disk and Disc are varient spellings, with k being the preferred
form. I usually use disk when I mean a floppy disk and disc for CDs.
Mostly it was a question of personal aesthetics. Not that I thought
anyone else cared or paid attention. Now I know. -- Lee Jaffe, UCSC
