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Doug Becker <[log in to unmask]>
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Doug Becker <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 2 Feb 2001 07:38:44 -0800
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I'm not certain that we should trust the Cambridge on-line dictionary.

It couldn't find the word eutaxy.

For shame!

And it's interesting that disk is considered British.
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>>> Jeff Woods wrote:>
At  01:05 PM 2/1/01, Jeff Kell wrote:
>But perhaps someone has a more definitive answer, I'm just guessing :-)

I like the answer found at:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=disc*1+0 

It looks to me like the word is "disc" and the [mis]spelling of "disk" came
from some computer nerd who couldn't spell.  :)

And I'm sure lots of folks have other opinions on this and most everything
else OT we can imagine.  They're welcome to them even though they *are*
wrong.  ;)

--
Jeff Woods

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