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).

> 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).

Matt33

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