> --- James Campbell <james@...> wrote:
> > On the -ise/-ize debate, I prefer -ize, but I know
> > that it's fraught with
> > dangers because some words should always be -ise,
> > apparently. As a result, I
> > often find myself using -ise despite the fact I
> > prefer Oxford English -ize.
SuomenkieliMaa wrote:
> What?! Somehow, I always thought I/YZE was the
> Americanized version of I/YSE -- as in analyze (Am) to
> analyse (Br).
Generally, -ize is American and -ise is British. But <analyse> is not
an example, because <-yse> is part of the root (Greek <lys->), not a
suffix.
> > Then again, I find "cozy" really annoying (instead
> > of British "cosy"). What a mess.
>
> The former is the Americanized spelling of the latter.
> I'm the other way, I find "cosy" really annoying, as
> the word has a definite z sound (at least in my own
> dialect).
isn't `s' usually voiced between vowels?
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