Poll: Is it disk or disc?

[Blindswordmaster]

I've seen both used, but I'd like to know which it actually is.

 

[Gxas]

I say disc, but both are used.

I also say grey, but that is actually correct and gray is not.
(I'm right, damn it!)

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Disk if a flat surface that is circular and disc if like a dvd.

 

[Biosophilogical]

Disk if a flat surface that is circular and disc if like a dvd.

You are ze winnar!

OT: Yeah, let's go with what he said. I can't be arsed corroborating it myself, but it sounds liek a useful definition, regardless of accuracy.

@Gxas: Gray is the crazy weird spelling. Grey is correct and doesn't look as rectangular (What!? The spelling 'gray' feels more rectangular than grey. Not in that it feel like it has four sides, but that it feels ... irregular (because it ain't a square) ... don't judge me *pre-emptively dodges judgement beams*)

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I was taught to use disk but I believe the two spellings are in fact interchangable, so it doesn't matter which one you use really.

 

[crudus]

I say disc. However, I don't see the difference.

 

[Tharwen]

A dictionary could have answered the question just as easily...

Both are fine (and dictionaries agree with me).

 

[Gxas]

@Gxas: Gray is the crazy weird spelling. Grey is correct and doesn't look as rectangular (What!? The spelling 'gray' feels more rectangular than grey. Not in that it feel like it has four sides, but that it feels ... irregular (because it ain't a square) ... don't judge me *pre-emptively dodges judgement beams*)

I believe that gray was an American spelling adaptation for some god-awful reason. Far be it for us to actually abide by the rules that the rest of the world has accepted... Looking at you, metric system.

 

[Biosophilogical]

@Gxas: Gray is the crazy weird spelling. Grey is correct and doesn't look as rectangular (What!? The spelling 'gray' feels more rectangular than grey. Not in that it feel like it has four sides, but that it feels ... irregular (because it ain't a square) ... don't judge me *pre-emptively dodges judgement beams*)

I believe that gray was an American spelling adaptation for some god-awful reason. Far be it for us to actually abide by the rules that the rest of the world has accepted... Looking at you, metric system.

I remember hearing somewhere that American's changed spellings to distance themselves from the commonwealth. And I'm pretty sure the Australian Labor party tried that and failed (hence why their name is misspelled). Then again, I only heard that, I didn't read it from a credible source, so it could jsut be rumour-mongering.

 

[AvsJoe]

I always use disc rather than di*k, though I'm told both are acceptable.

 

[Skorpyo]

CD/DVD's are DISC's, while the old square, plastic floppy's are DISK's.

 

[Stammer]

Yeah, that's something I have no idea about. I use both. Whichever one feels appropriate at the time.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Yes. It depends if you're talking about a diskette or a disc.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

"Disk" refers to a type of removable media used by computers that you don't see much anymore, namely the floppy disk. "Disc" refers to a flat circular object much like a compact disc or a dvd.

 

[supermanNBC]

I just realized something, I've just been reading a forum about the spelling of disk/disc......how sad is my life..

 

[burningdragoon]

disc or disk? tomato, tomato. oh... that doesn't work on the internet.

But, yeah. It doesn't matter, really.

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

Both are common and fine to use. I use disc however.

 

[Zaverexus]

I did not vote because from what I've seen:
a CD is a Disc
and any round flat-ish thing is a disk

Just what I've seen

 

[Daniel Ferguson]

Check with your country. In the dictionary. Probably interchangable though.