Re: English spelling? Yes! (was: Re: Shmem filesystem? DevFS? W

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2000 - 21:47:26 EST


   Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 17:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
   From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>

   On 05-Apr-2000 Jes Sorensen wrote:
> Ted's request is perfectly valid, just about every single Linux
> application I have seen refers to disk as "disk" and not
> disc.

   Except for Compact Discs.

Actually, a quick google search shows slightly more sites using the term
"Compact Disks", i.e.:

http://directory.netscape.com/Society/Genealogy/Products_and_Services/Software/Compact_Disks

Most sites simply use the spelling "CD", though. :-)

                                                        - Ted

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