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From: Ohhhh maaan on 27 May 2010 17:42
J G Miller wrote:

> On Sat, 22 May 2010 13:30:12 +0000, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>
>> On 2010-05-21, Robert Riches wrote:
>>> On 2010-05-21, Ohhhh maaan <nobodyhere(a)example.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>>> I had attempted that previously, didn't work from rescue disk. In
>>>> the end, it was a bad image on the (CD) disk.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't that be "disc"?
>>
>> That depends on where you live.
>
> Both appear to be interchangeable, but is seems to me, perhaps
> erroneously, that usage is more commonly floppy *disk* and hard
> *disk*, but CD compact *disc* and DVD digital versatile *disc*

I usually just say CD, but "disc" is surely more correct. However, it's
a little odd saying CD disc (saying "Compact Disc Disc"), and is like
saying "ATM Machine", which is redundant since "M" stands or Machine.
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