On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 05:30:57PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Nathanael Nerode wrote: > > #. Type: note > > #. Description > > msgid "" > > "The root filesystem is a RAM disc. The hard disc file systems are > > mounted on " > > "\"/target\". The editor available to you is nano. It's very small and > > easy " > > "to figure out. To get an idea of what Unix utilities are available to > > you, " > > "run \"ls /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin\"." > > msgstr "" > > > > Not *really* an error, but doesn't everyone use the "disk" spelling > > these days, rather than the "disc" spelling? > > Here in the states we do, but I cannot speak for the British. Left it > as-is.
Most of us use "disk" too for computer-related subjects, in my experience. There are a few holdouts but they generally use "programme" and so on as well (the convention is definitely "program" for computer-related, "programme" for everything else). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

