Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Denis Mosko:   
      
    DM>  How this programmes named?   
      
    ak>  How these programs are named?   
      
      
             Yes, "this" is singular and "these" is plural.   
      
                              However...   
      
             The usual way of asking such a question in English would be to say   
   "How are these program(me)s named?" or "What are these program(me)s called?"   
   While your version is acceptable I think most native speakers would probably   
   reserve it for situations in which they're paraphrasing because they want to   
   make sure they understand what the other person is saying.   
      
             I imagine questions are handled a bit differently in Russian.  :-)   
      
      
      
    ak>  IMHO, as I heard it:   
    ak>  a programme is a plan, or a description paper given in   
    ak>  a theater. a program is a piece of software.   
      
      
             A qualified "yes", i.e. depending on the dialect....  :-)   
      
             According to oxforddictionaries.com, "program" is the "US spelling   
   of PROGRAMME (also widely used in computing contexts)."   
      
             My North American dictionaries regard "program" and "programme" as   
   alternate spellings, and offer the same definitions for both.   
      
             The former generally seems to be in more common use here, but I've   
   noticed the "-mme" spelling in various situations which involve musical &/or   
   theatrical performances.  Although some may feel it's pretentious, others...   
   especially older folks who spend less time with computer techies... may just   
   be doing as they were taught.  I'm reminded of an anecdote by my linguistics   
   instructor... a Canadian who had earned her master's degree in the USA.  One   
   of her instructors often "corrected" her Canadian spellings with "No pseudo-   
   British spellings, please!"  Later... when this instructor wrote "programme"   
   on the chalkboard... she remarked "No pseudo-French spellings, please!"  ;-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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