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Off-topic: Analog vs. Analogue?

A topic by chayashida created Mar 17, 2020 Views: 163 Replies: 3
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It piqued my interest, since I’m somewhat of a word nerd, but is there a difference between analog and analogue?

I’ve always seen analog as the opposite of digital, while I’ve thought of analogue as meaning “related to” or something like that (like the word analogous)

Don’t know if I’m tripping up on a British spelling or something…

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It's just a preference in British English. You can use either spelling here but personally I think seeing "analog" written is a little weird!

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Here's a nice summary of it. https://writingexplained.org/analog-vs-analogue-difference

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Interesting. I guess most of the tech writing I read is from the States, so it make sense that I see it spelled analog (without the ue) when comparing it to “digital”.

And the other analogue I used for English class - British literature. :D

RobinDavid, are you British or from the Commonwealth?