From: "List User" <lists@chaven.com>
To: "Alan Chandler" <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:35:30 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <030301c08be6$e494f480$160912ac@stcostlnds2zxj> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6lah7t4f685qo3igk679ocdo2obfhd9lvg@4ax.com>
If it's any consolation from (this American) I'm glad it's 'disc' (always
thought that 'disk' was just for those marketing dweebs who couldn't spell
right
in the first place).
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Chandler" <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 18:19
Subject: spelling of disc (disk) in /devfs
> I accidentally built my 2.4.1 kernel with /devfs so had a interesting
> few minutes looking round it to see what it was doing.
>
> The thing that struck me most was the spelling of disc with a 'c'. As
> an Englishman this is the correct spelling for me most of the time,
> but I have come to accept "as a technical term" disk (as in American)
> is the right name for these devices.
>
> I now find myself confused with the new approach.
>
>
> Alan
>
> alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
> http://www.chandler.u-net.com
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-02-01 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-01 0:19 Alan Chandler
2001-02-01 0:35 ` List User [this message]
2001-02-01 18:27 ` idalton
2001-02-01 19:07 ` alex
2001-02-01 19:08 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-02-01 23:17 ` Harald Arnesen
2001-02-01 9:42 ` Jeremy M. Dolan
2001-01-31 23:00 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-01 10:28 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-01 10:58 ` Alan Cox
2001-02-01 17:21 ` Peter Samuelson
2001-02-08 23:31 ` Thomas Dodd
2001-02-02 3:32 ` Mike Castle
2001-02-02 9:57 ` Pekka Pietikainen
2001-02-02 14:07 ` mirabilos
2001-02-02 15:47 ` David Woodhouse
2001-02-10 0:41 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-02-10 23:17 ` Tony Hoyle
2001-02-10 23:51 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-02-11 0:22 ` Rik van Riel
2001-02-11 3:56 ` John Cavan
2001-02-01 23:04 Wayne.Brown
2001-02-01 0:32 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-01 23:12 ` Mike Harrold
[not found] <fa.gvan6kv.3664g1@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.i0lgugv.dhmm08@ifi.uio.no>
2001-02-02 12:49 ` Tor Arntsen
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