@renzev to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 4 months agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?imagemessage-square149arrow-up1468arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1464arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?@renzev to Lemmy ShitpostEnglish • 4 months agomessage-square149file-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareKingJalopy linkfedilink5•4 months agoI think they got that from Wikipedia Jerboa won’t let me post a screenshot right now but here’s a link https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc#:~:text=Disc and disk are both,more popular in British English.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoThe fact that there’s even a document on Apple.com is mind blowing http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2300
minus-squareKingJalopy linkfedilink2•4 months agoThat’s crazy. I like their interpretation though. A disc is ejectable but a disk isn’t.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoi assure you that floppy disks are ejectable.
I think they got that from Wikipedia
Jerboa won’t let me post a screenshot right now but here’s a link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelling_of_disc#:~:text=Disc and disk are both,more popular in British English.
The fact that there’s even a document on Apple.com is mind blowing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2300
That’s crazy. I like their interpretation though. A disc is ejectable but a disk isn’t.
i assure you that floppy disks are ejectable.