Re Disk vs. Disc
By Robbie Rhodes
My friend, the retired newspaperman, says that the _contemporary_ American definitions (usages) are
disk: Astronomy -- (lunar or solar disk)
Anatomy -- (in the spine)
Computer science -- (IBM) removable disk pack
disc: Agriculture (machinery)
Botany (flowers)
Recorded music (78 rpm, etc.)
Sources: Webster's Ninth Dictionary, 1965; American Heritage Dictionary, 1990
But I am still curious: which spelling was used in the old advertisements for (1) music boxes, and (2) phonographs?
Robbie Rhodes |
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