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ORIGINAL: SirJ40 Actually, I thought of that too, but "technics" is actually quite correct regarding practical subjects (manufacturing or craftsmanship) also known as "the useful arts".. as well, it works when regarding a practical art. Firstly, I shall offer my humble apologies, I'm a geek, and this caught my attention, and I just needed to know... and now I know, I thought I'd make a geeky arse of myself by sharing. Technic was first used in written English in 1612, and is etymologically related to the a Greek word meaning 'pertaining to art' this later morphed into the modern day technique with the first useage being in 1817 being a direct substitute of the original technic Technic is acceptable useage, but the more modern technique is the modern, more appropriate spelling of. (all according to the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary)
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