Wolf K wrote:
On 2018-05-20 17:15, Ed Cryer wrote:
nospam wrote:
In article , Ed Cryer
wrote:

P.S. "Disc" or "disk" in your country?

general convention:
Â* disc - optical media (cd, dvd, blu-ray discs), old school vinyl
Â*Â*Â* records (disc jockey), type of brakes on a vehicle, toys and
Â*Â*Â* games (frisbee disc golf)
Â* disk - magnetic media (hard disk, floppy disk)


It's come along the same historical path as "programme" and "program".
One was UK English spelling, the other American.
We've adopted the American version for computers in the UK.

Disc/disk started the same path but that one diverged into what you
call "general convention".

Ed



Actually "disk" is the older form.


I suppose you're referring to Greek δίσκος, from which Romans got their
"discus" (Latin not having a kappa).
And then, of course, the Romance languages evolved from that; although I
don't think a single one of them went back to a "k" (French "disque" and
Spanish "disco" reflect something of Latin's noun inflections.)

Ed