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		Groxx on Dec 14, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cleverest floppy disc protection ever? Western... I've kinda wondered if the "c" spelling comes from "discus", i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus_throw I have absolutely no evidence for or against this though.

anthk on Dec 15, 2020 [–]

Spanish uses "disco", maybe French is simillar.

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