Re: OT: Program[me] (Was Re: Conlang FAQ was Re: Grammatical tones)

Quoting Tim May <butsuri@...>:

> bnathyuw writes:
>
>  > what programme do you edit in ? good old notepad ( or
>  > equiv ) or something flashier ? i tend to use
>  > dreamweaver for speed and then clear up the glitches
>  > in html afterwards
>  >
>
> This is not particularly relevant to anything, but do you normally use
> the spelling "programme" to refer to software?  I was taught (in
> primary school) "program" for that, and "programme" for broadcasts,
> itineraries and all other uses.
Isn't the spelling <program> originally entirely foreign to
Britain in the first place? I had been under the impression
that it was an import from America, and that its use as a
technical term in technology came about because the technology
in question was imported from the United States.

BTW: since we're going to be nitpicking ( 8P ), when posting
off-topic posts, use of the tag "CHAT:" is suggested since
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filtered out.  "OT:" is, unfortunately, not a tag the listserv
recognizes.  (Of the other tags, "Grouplang", "NGL", "Theory"
and "Usage", the first two are essentially obsolete, while the
latter two are used quite often.)

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