On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:38:48 +0100 mike scott wrote: > On 23 Apr 2008 at 10:11, Ian Lynch wrote: > ... > > Depends on whether you think US or UK English. Here, standardisation > > is correct in UK English. We had a bit of a discussion about > > standardisation of spelling to consistent use of US English just > > recently. Given the wide range of languages involved in OOo there > > didn't appear to be any consensus so I guess it will not get > > changed. > > This came up recently (here?). > > -ize is generally the better UK spelling. In particular, the New OED > lists standardize as the primary spelling, with -ise as an > alternative. > > Fowler's Modern English Usage says: > "In the vast majority of the verbs that end in -ize or -ise and are > pronounced [with a long i], the ultimate source of the ending is the > Greek -izo, whether the particular verb was an actual Greek one or a > Latin or French or English imitation...." It goes on to list a few > exceptions where the ending does not come from the Greek (eg advise, > advertise). "Most English printers," it states, "follow the French > practice of changing -ize to -ise," but continues that OUP, CUP and > American usage (!!) carry authority enough to outweigh superior > numbers. > > So let's standardize on the better spelling please :-) >
Frikking dik-shinereez (dikz) tryin to enfors theer spelin on tha rest ov us. Reed Chaucer and understand that English is a livin breethin langwidg stultified by dikz and tha akademikz tryin to relaet it awl back to some frikkin otha Uropeein langwidg. No normle bloke givz a toss if its 'ise or 'ice or 'ize. I rekkin it shoud awl be phonetic, just as us jenue-ien Kiwis speek it mate. Heer we don't heer a lot ov your frikkin vowelz anywayz, prolly due the the ingrown heer in our eerz. Besiedz evin the academikz dispuet the point basd on wich dik u pik up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-ise.2C_-ize If itz that importint to u go and spend yoor tiem lernin Loglan or Klingon or latin or sumthin, stead ov raggin on tha rest ov us. Besiedz that weel awl be lernin SMS now itz allowd in the egzamz. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
