Re: CHAT: IPA Question

Tristan scripsit:

> >English as taught in the school system, which was instituted during the
> >British colonization.
> >
> colonisation, Mr
> I'm-not-American-and-don't-spell-it-velarized-or-even-veralised.
Nope.  North Americans write -ize pretty consistently, and Australians
write -ise pretty consistently, but in the U.K. both forms are in use;
there are some who write -ise consistently, but others who use both
-ise and -ize, depending on the word.  This is what the O.E.D. uses.

BTW, a nice article on Australian English:
http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/specials/slang/story1.html .

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