Britspelling question

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Thu May 11 20:19:41 UTC 2006


Carol earlier: 
> Can anyone (Brits only, please) tell me whether "programme" is
correct as a verb, as in "programme a computer"? Should the verb form
be "program" or is the verb spelled the same way as the noun?
> 
> Carol, whose British editing client doesn't want her spelling
Americanized, alas for me!
>

Olly responded:
> Program: 1. a sequence of coded instructions which enables a
computer to perform various tasks
> 	2. to arrange (data) so that it can be processed by a computer
> 	3. to feed a program into (a computer)
> Programme: a broadcast on radio or television


Carol again:
Thanks, Olly. Then my client is also wrong to talk about a "computer
programme"? (I didn't *think* it sounded right!)

Carol








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