Re[2]: proper english or not?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Batpersons, On or about, Wednesday, February 28, 2001, 8:09:15 PM, we have reason to believe that Fred Weissman wrote: FW "Organization" with a "z" is -American- English, while "organisation" with FW a "s" is the Queen's English - English as spoken (spelled) in the United FW Kingdom. "z" is for words of Greek origin, "s" for words of Latin origin - or the other way round perhaps - the important thing IMHO is that one be consistent, or conziztent, but not consiztent nor conzistent. - -- Best regards, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 1.49b on Windows 98 Build -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBOqAyj0qL65Xj7aHMEQLLWwCeJ0ciDkegCYtAeBpqSPZKgZsRUB0Anigp Qm3skls1U7uZyfiup6HaXVV6 =xHi0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re[2]: proper english or not?
Hello Thursday, March 01, 2001, 8:03:24 AM, someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not according to the Oxford English dictionary here in "good old blighty". 'ise' is allowable but 'ize' is correct. Down here in Oz we use "ise" instead of "ize" in most cases, AFAIK. Ain't the world a strange place! -- Regards John Phillips Sydney, Australia Hamster 1.3.22.1 Bat! 1.49 Windows 98 4.10 Build ASony Vaio Notebook PCG-505TS Pentium 300 64meg ram Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re[2]: proper english or not?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Keith, Wednesday, February 28, 2001, 8:01:19 PM, you wrote: What is the correct form: Organisation or Organization? 's' or 'z'? KR It depends on where you are: 's' is the British spelling, 'z' is the American. Another one I have seen is centre (English) - center (US) in MS Word of all things using UK English - -- Best regards, Davemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5.8ckt Build 04 iQA/AwUBOp1l9ouowXdtlnXzEQLhLQCcC5KbslwTrOoNc3mvF0+1yBhwIdcAoOLK oDYtxdulKRpKtWL04aKmgO3h =iuw1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
