> *ALL* PC keyboards I've ever seen, right from the very first original
> IBM-PC klunker, label the bigger key in the top right corner of the main
> group "backspace", and I've never found anyone who always pronounces
> that word as "delete" even though there are an astounding number of

IIRC, there was a series of computers, highly popular on this side of the
Atlantic during most of the 80's which didn't have a backspace key and did
have a DELETE key, located, roughly where backspace is on most PC
keyboards.  There is a generation of people (my parents included) that had
their first introduction to computers on these machines and will always
refer to backspace as DELETE, irrespective of what's on the key.

Cheers,

David.