> Early BBC technicians differentiated between disks (in-house transcription records) and discs (the colloquial term for commercial gramophone records, or what

> Early BBC technicians differentiated between disks (in-house transcription records) and discs (the colloquial term for commercial gramophone records, or what the BBC dubbed CGRs) The reference given for this claim also states "I don't recall that anybody took any notice of this [the difference in usage of disk and disc] except in staff instructions and training manuals.", so I don't think it carries much weight. In the U.S., and probably elsewhere, audio recordings on vinyl are referred to as "discs" overwhelmingly more often than "disks". See for example the text of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record. Also we have "discothèque" and its derivatives, not "disko...".