On 24 Mar 2005, at 22:44, Andrew Rodger wrote:
prog ramme, [hyphen] am
Shorter Oxford Dictionary:
Program, n. v., see programme. ...
Programme, n., Also (earlier, now US and computing) program. E17. [Orig. f. late L. programma f. Gk. ...]
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It then alludes to the Greek origin which allows the preference for the double M
It's not a preference. It's accepted UK English.
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