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How come we(you?) decided it can be either, given everyone and their dog writes "demoscene" all across the scene?

• amiga386 3mo ago
  writes "demoscene" all across the scene ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ Which scene is that? Is it the scene about demos? A "demo" "scene" if you will? "demoscene" comes from demo + scene. "demo scene" and "demoscene" refer to the same thing. The latter is a more common spelling. We can also write "the scene" (meaning the demoscene) and "sceners" (meaning demosceners) and it's fully understood. Alternative spellings of words don't have to be dominant or even popular, they just have to be understood. If you try and force someone to use a specific spelling even if you understood them with the spelling they used, that is somewhat jerk-like. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demo_scene https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demo_scene Alternative spelling of demoscene. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demoscene https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demoscene The informal computer art subculture that produces and watches demos (audiovisual computer programs). Etymology: from demo + scene https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demoscener https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demoscener A participant in the demoscene https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scener https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scener A member of a scene, especially the demoscene