Disk vs disc I believe is down to the type of medium, magnetic disk vs optical disc
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HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 months agoThere’s a few things going on here, in addition to a general Americanisation.
Firstly El Reg obviously wants to attract those sweet sweet American clicks, so they could well have American English as their style guide (I’m a bit doubtful, I bet they use colour).
Secondly there’s long been a tendency to use American spelling in IT journalism for technical objects. So “optical fiber” but “dietary fibre”; “floppy disk”, but djs “spin discs”. “TV programme”, but “computer program”.
It’s been that ways since at least the 80s, quite possibly earlier.
peter@feddit.uk 6 months ago
tal@kbin.social 6 months ago
(I’m a bit doubtful, I bet they use colour).
goes to investigate
Google search for: site:theregister.com color:
About 41,100 results (0.29 seconds)
Google search for: site:theregister.com colour:
About 88,400 results (0.20 seconds)
You appear to be correct.
tal@lemmy.today 6 months ago
goes to investigate
Google search for: site:theregister.com color:
Google search for: site:theregister.com colour:
You appear to be correct.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 6 months ago
Interestingly, quite a few of the 'colors' are from articles written by US editors/correspondents - so it looks like the Reg doesn't havw a consistency-obsessed subs desk and will let the journalist go with whatever they are most comfortable with.
Quite a few of the others are forum comments.