On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:23:53 +0100, in 'rec.audio.pro',
in article Will everyone stop saying tic,
"Gareth Magennis" wrote:
"Frank" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:14:25 -0400, in 'rec.audio.pro',
in article Will everyone stop saying tic,
Mike Rivers wrote:
On 6/29/2011 12:53 PM, Frank wrote:
A disk, as in a hard disk drive (HDD) or a floppy (flexible) diskette,
is magnetic.
A disc, as in a CD (Compact Disc), DVD, or BD (Blu-ray Disc), is
optical.
Why is that?
In the case of the CD, it's because Philips and Sony decided that it
would be a "c" and not a "k". In the case of the hard disk drive (also
called a "fixed disk drive" by IBM when referring to their personal
computer) and the diskette, it's because IBM decreed it.
And what's something round and flat that's not
a piece of computer hardware, like a phonograph record,
That would be a disc, named after those Greek folks and the disci that
they were so fond of throwing.
The Greeks had their own alphabet.,
I believe that they still do, even when busy rioting in the street.
and their own unique way of pronouncing it.
They speak with a Greek accent, I would assume.
Discus is a Latin noun.
discus
n pl discuses, disci
from Latin, from Greek diskos from dikein to throw
I tried throwing a discus at school once . It was a heavy chunk of wood
with a heavy metal surround, and I couldn't see the point of it at all.
You should have tried archery.
--
Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
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