> '..gram' such has anagram and radiogram. In a book I read once it was > suggested > that the only reason why we spell 'programme' the way we do is that > the > Americans invented the word and academics were over-protective and > didn't want to > import this particular word into 'proper' English. > > DaveD > >According to the OED 'program' was the original spelling and 'programme' >was imported from the French, because at that time (1830s) it usually >referred to music etc. I remember being extremely severely ticked off >for writing about a 'programme' in my early days with computers and >being told that in this sense it was of American origin. > >Sean
Don't forget that the most prolific contributor to the OED was an American, albeit a mentally disturbed one. It is well documented in the book "The Professor and The Mad Man" by Simon Winchester. John Glaves nb Rhapsody [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
