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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Disc versus Disk ?? #30228 05/25/01 08:13 PM Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 14 Connecticut J J.P. Esquire stranger J.P. Esquire stranger J Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 14 Connecticut As far as I know, "disc" and "disk" are fungible in most instances (although I acknowledge that "disc" has become synonymous with "CD" and "disk" with "diskette"). I suspect that "disc" appeared on the scene first, since both "disc" and "disk" derive from the Latin "discus." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Disc versus Disk ?? jhenkin 05/25/01 06:56 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? Faldage 05/25/01 07:03 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? J.P. Esquire 05/25/01 08:13 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? tsuwm 05/25/01 09:51 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? Gatsby 05/25/01 10:04 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? J.P. Esquire 05/26/01 01:00 AM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? wow 05/26/01 03:32 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? Capital Kiwi 05/27/01 04:12 AM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? WhitmanO'Neill 05/27/01 01:51 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? NicholasW 05/29/01 07:17 AM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? Fiberbabe 05/29/01 11:48 AM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? slovovoi 05/29/01 04:13 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? maverick 05/29/01 04:27 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? of troy 05/29/01 05:09 PM Re: Bank/Banc Sparteye 05/29/01 05:33 PM Re: Bank/Banc maverick 05/29/01 05:37 PM Blank/Bleechhh musick 05/29/01 05:56 PM Re: Blank/Bleechhh maverick 05/30/01 11:51 AM Bland Blabs musick 05/30/01 01:45 PM Re: Bland Blabs maverick 05/30/01 04:15 PM Re: Bland Blabs tsuwm 05/30/01 05:05 PM Re: Bland Blabs maverick 05/31/01 11:09 AM Re: Bland Blabs Jackie 05/31/01 11:43 AM Re: Bland Blabs tsuwm 05/31/01 01:45 PM Re: Freezin' wow 05/31/01 02:47 PM Re: Disc versus Disk ?? slovovoi 05/29/01 05:37 PM Bank/Banque Bean 05/29/01 05:39 PM Re: Bank/Banque maverick 05/29/01 05:42 PM Re: Bank/Banque tsuwm 05/29/01 05:54 PM Re: Bank/Banque of troy 05/29/01 06:00 PM Re: blancmange tsuwm 05/29/01 06:04 PM Re: Mr, Angus Podgorny Flatlander 05/30/01 01:29 AM Re: Mr, Angus Podgorny of troy 05/30/01 01:20 PM Re: Bank/Banque WhitmanO'Neill 05/30/01 02:44 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,351 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 775 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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