Glenn Cole writes:

> Jeff Vance writes:
>
> > 7. Disc vs. Disk?  HP officially replaced "disc" with "disk" many years
>  > ago.  Notice the DISKUSE command? (and the DISCUSE UDC in
hppxudc.pub.sys:)
>
>  > I don't care that much but I chose disk based on current HP convention.
>
>  Tough call.  Official or not, "DISC" is still very much a part of the 3000.
>  But you're right; "Disk" *is* the proper spelling.

Just to help keep this thread going (in case there was any danger of it
dying), there can be no PROPER spelling of "disc." Things are too confused for
any easy resolution. English-speakers derive their spelling of disc from the
Romans' Latin root, "discus" (originally, a torodial quoit) -- who in turn
derived their word from the Greek word "diskos" (to throw).

Phonograph records and things you throw in the Olymics are uniformly spelled
"disc". Farm implements called harrows are uniformly spelled "disks".
Everything else seems to be up for grabs.

In the end, consistency is more important than "correctness," especially where
correctness is difficult to come by.

Wirt Atmar