From: Tony Hoyle <tmh@magenta-netlogic.com>
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
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:17:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A85CC1A.7020309@magenta-netlogic.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102091639400.26669-100000@sol.compendium-tech.com>
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
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-01 0:19 spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs Alan Chandler
2001-02-01 0:35 ` List User
2001-02-01 18:27 ` idalton
2001-02-01 19:07 ` alex
2001-02-01 19:08 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-02-01 23:17 ` Harald Arnesen
2001-02-01 9:42 ` Jeremy M. Dolan
2001-01-31 23:00 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-01 10:28 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-01 10:58 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-01 17:21 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-08 23:31 ` Thomas Dodd
2001-02-02 3:32 ` Mike Castle
2001-02-02 9:57 ` Pekka Pietikainen
2001-02-02 14:07 ` mirabilos
2001-02-02 15:47 ` David Woodhouse
2001-02-10 0:41 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-02-10 23:17 ` Tony Hoyle [this message]
2001-02-10 23:51 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-02-11 0:22 ` Rik van Riel
2001-02-11 3:56 ` John Cavan
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2001-02-01 23:04 Wayne.Brown
2001-02-01 0:32 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-01 23:12 ` Mike Harrold
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[not found] ` <fa.i0lgugv.dhmm08@ifi.uio.no>
2001-02-02 12:49 ` Tor Arntsen
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