Re: USAGE: -i/yse vs -i/yze in England (and what the heck, NZ too).

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From: "SuomenkieliMaa" <suomenkieli@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: USAGE: -i/yse vs -i/yze in England (and what the heck, NZ too).


> --- 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.
>
> What?!  Somehow, I always thought I/YZE was the
> Americanized version of I/YSE -- as in analyze (Am) to
> analyse (Br).