Some time ago, (late 1800's?) there was a spelling reform movement in the U.K. Strangely, they got rid of the z's, but kept the ou's (as in colour, honour, ...). In the U.S. such reforms never have a chance because nobody knows how to spell in the first place.
Stan On Jan 8, 2007, at 4:06 PM, K.Takeshita wrote: > On 1/08/07 4:56 PM, "Adam Maas", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The s is correct, z is american usage (Sadly common in Canada as the >> schools teach correct english less and less). > > Thanks Adam. > One more person to confirm this? > > I learned English in Japan, where they taught U.K. English in school at > least in my days (now they are probably teaching American English but > I am > not sure). So, when I came to Canada, I felt comfortable because of > English > spelling and metric system etc. But I always remembered "Z" instead > of "S" > in those particular spellings. Moreover, I think I started recognizing > (recognising :-) this "S" spelling rather recently. > But if "S" is correct, then I have to mind to switch to "S". > > Ken > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
