@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
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-ize or -ise Don't worry about it Wilmington
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Posted 9 years ago #
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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....
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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.
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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.
Posted 9 years ago #
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