On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 at 02:55:13 +1100, John 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".
>
> Can be spelt with both a "z" or "s", see http://tinyurl.com/dd522 even in
> UK.
>
> I would agree however that "s" is more usual in UK English.

The following both explore this further
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/ize
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ise1.htm

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Robin

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