> '..gram' such has anagram and radiogram. In a book I read once it was > suggested > that the only reason why we spell 'programme' the way we do is that > the > Americans invented the word and academics were over-protective and > didn't want to > import this particular word into 'proper' English. > > DaveD > According to the OED 'program' was the original spelling and 'programme' was imported from the French, because at that time (1830s) it usually referred to music etc. I remember being extremely severely ticked off for writing about a 'programme' in my early days with computers and being told that in this sense it was of American origin.
Sean
