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    Tdol is offline Editor, UsingEnglish.com
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    Default Re: Correct use of 'Program' and 'Programme'

    Quote Originally Posted by albertino View Post
    When in Rome do as the Romans do.
    If your targets are British, use British spelling;
    If your targets are Americans, use American spelling.
    What happens if your target audience is international?

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    Default Re: Correct use of 'Program' and 'Programme'

    Quote Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
    What happens if your target audience is international?
    I agree. That's a problem. .
    And yet, the majority prevails.
    Last edited by albertino; 26-Apr-2010 at 07:07.

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    Default Re: Correct use of 'Program' and 'Programme'

    Hi Albertino you are correct. One should use either American or British spelling.
    Mixing the both looks odd.
    chellamuthu

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    Default Re: Correct use of 'Program' and 'Programme'

    Quote Originally Posted by Tdol View Post
    In the UK, it's becopme very common to use program for software and programme elsewhere.
    Yes, 'program' is the correct spelling in the IT industry everywhere.
    This also applies to 'disk', as in 'floppy disk', even if you use 'disc' in other senses - "I have a slipped disc in my back."

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