Ubuntu
language-pack-en package

  1. Bug #68955
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 68955

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Sridhar Dhanapalan (sridhar) wrote :

The Ubuntu-l10-en-GB team has decided to follow the conventions set by the GNOME and KDE en_GB teams in this regard. If describing a round object (e.g. a CD or DVD), we use 'disc'. Otherwise, we use 'disk' (e.g. a hard disk drive).

The Cambridge, Collins and Chambers dictionaries refer to 'disk' as being specifically magnetic in nature. Some concessions have been made in en_GB translations to cover spellings which have become commonplace due to US influence over the field of computing.

I'd be hesitant to diverge from upstream. If we wish to make a change, we should discuss it with the GNOME and KDE guys. Otherwise, we should just follow their cue.