CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: -ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: -ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:01:31 +0000 Min on "-ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15253#post-195079 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:03:50 +0000 Min 195079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The insistence of my browsers to try and enforce US spelling on me no matter how often I try to reset it really does my head in too. </p> Wilmington's Cow on "-ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15253#post-195076 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:38:20 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 195076@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Language is endlessly fascinating - I guess that's kinda like the aluminium vs. aluminum thing with, again, the Americans actually sticking with the older version that was once prevalent here too. </p> SRD on "-ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15253#post-195073 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:26:41 +0000 SRD 195073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yup. I edited a journal published by OUP (since 1901) and we would tell authors 'British spellings' or 'OED first preference' and they didn't believe us.... </p> ih on "-ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15253#post-195072 Thu, 06 Aug 2015 13:25:02 +0000 ih 195072@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Wilmington's Cow I understood your spellcheck annoyance on the George Street Improvement thread (pedestrianise or pedestrianize) but I wouldn't worry; -ize actually has a longer heritage in British English believe it or not </p> <p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling</a> </p>