[sdiy] (slightly OT?) Analog vs. Analogue - opinions needed

[Tom Wiltshire]

Sorry guys, but for me, those two are the other way around, if  
there's any pattern to it at all, which I doubt.

T.

On 4 Jul 2009, at 10:14, Seb Francis wrote:

> Tom Farrand wrote:
>> "Analogue" is anything that is analogous or similar to something  
>> else,
>> where as "analog" is of, relating to, or being the representation of
>> data by continuously variable physical quantities.
>
> I'd go along with this myself, despite considering myself 100%  
> British in my spelling.  Analogue just doesn't feel right when  
> writing about synthesis.
>
> Just like I use "program" when talking about a computer program,  
> and "programme" when talking about a concert programme.
>
> Of course if this is the internet we are talking about, hadn't we  
> better ask google? ;)
> http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?word1=analog&word2=analogue
>
> Seb
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