Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english,alt.english.usage Subject: Re: Floppies Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:35:06 +0100 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <9fjemlxbio.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <6jefmlxb6j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10884l7$173em$1@dont-email.me> <1089ge2$1fvl9$8@dont-email.me> <10a68ql$16tjt$1@dont-email.me> <68c6bbc5$0$402$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <10a6rp4$1d082$5@dont-email.me> <2d9jplxvcn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10a6t8d$1d082$8@dont-email.me> <4cnjplxbgm.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <101fck52laaigefq5tubi6i7b0qpccmuic@4ax.com> <871po843mn.fsf@parhasard.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net TdZyz0AdrM+41At5ukSf9AYUPsuZxJwKWsQ4Eb8ovvOdt4MBsp Cancel-Lock: sha1:vZ8JiO2sINZAGcMrzrT8ulM/N9s= sha256:p3QBElL6//AutG+uZi2kC5FisYnSEskZCax8AewlvgU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: <871po843mn.fsf@parhasard.net> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74212 alt.usage.english:1128145 Le 15/09/2025 à 07:43, Aidan Kehoe a écrit : > Ar an cúigiú lá déag de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Hibou: > > > > > > I think it's a Transpondian difference: > > > > > > What I learned in the 1990s (studying computer science in Dublin, Ireland) was > to use “disc” for CDs and “disk” for anything else computer-related; I > understand “compact disc” was explicitly chosen as the name when the format was > created. So what Steve says. I don’t think that last graph suggests a strong > side-of-the-Atlantic effect. At the peak, in about 1993, the ratio disk:disc is ~22:1 in AmE, ~2.6:1 in BrE. I think that is a strong difference, especially in this field, where American literature dominates and British is much influenced by it. (I did try graphing the ratios using GNV's '/' operator, but the results did not seem coherent with the ones above, which I think are more likely right.) The name 'compact disc' seems to have originated with Philips (in Eindhoven) and Sony: , but 'compact disk' is known, *especially in AmE*: