On Jul 24 2005, 12:04, Jules Richardson wrote: disk other You'd probably find most Americans would prefer "disk", and "disc" would probably be found mainly in UK. Originally "disc" was the English spelling (from the Latin "discus"), and "disk" was American. Acorn were obsessive about using the "disc" spelling, but the distinction is long gone for most people. Even the OED lists both and has done since at least the early 80s. The difference in usage has nothing to do with differences between floppies, mini-floppies, micro-floppies, hard drives, or CDs (though CDs are "Compact Discs"). -- Pete Peter Turnbull Network Manager University of York