Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato!aukuni.ac.nz!russell From: russell@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Russell J Fulton;ccc032u) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: American to English spelling Message-ID: <1990Nov11.220917.26936@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> Date: 11 Nov 90 22:09:17 GMT References: <2402@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> <27180@cs.yale.edu> <5727@alpha.cam.nist.gov> <27203@cs.yale.edu> Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand. Lines: 18 horne-scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) writes: >However, I just saw `programme' in reference to a computer program in a USENET >article which came from Canada. What could this be, other than a misspelling? >`Program' meaning `computer program' is the standard spelling everywhere; >`programme' is the English/non-American spelling for the word in all its other >uses. Oxford English Dictionary now lists program as an acceptable alternative to programme "especially computer ~". I think 'archaic usage' is probably more correct description than simply incorrect. There are still quite a few people in the faculty here (New Zealand) who insist on using "programme". Russell. -- Russell Fulton, Computer Center, University of Auckland, New Zealand.