The fun thing I picked up from Mark's Wiki link is that in computer media, a DISK is magnetic media, while a DISC is optical media. Floppy disks, diskettes, and hard disks are magnetic media. Compact discs, laser discs, and Digital Video Discs are optical media.
On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 9:37:10 PM UTC-7, Mark in Beacon wrote: > > Hi George. I wasn't chastising anyone for their spelling, (and you spelled > it correctly) just pointing out to Patrick that the wiki thing I posted > explained the two spellings, and part of the difference *was *the US/UK > thing he mentioned--though it is not a clear cut case of US/UK such as > gray/grey or color/colour. For those that care about such things (that > would include me) disc is currently the correct spelling when referring to > brakes, whether English brakes or American brakes. > > > >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
