On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:55:13 +1100 GMT(28/12/2005, 15:55 +0000 GMT), John 
Phillips wrote:

6JP> Hi Graham, On Wed, 28 Dec 2005, at 11:39:54 [GMT+0000]
JP> (which was 22:39:54 Australian Eastern Time) you wrote:

>> I have chosen British English for the spell checking, but
>> I am still being told that words like realise should be
>> spelt with a "z".

JP> Can be spelt with both a "z" or "s", see
JP> http://tinyurl.com/dd522 even in UK.

JP> I would agree however that "s" is more usual in UK
JP> English.

But the 'Oxford Spelling Dictionary' recommends the
spelling in -ize, as does the two volume 'Shorter Oxford
English Dictionary'.

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