Re: en_GB, gimp, and erasers

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 16 Mar 2006, at 20:17, Thomas Wood wrote:

> Good question though. I wonder how many other dubious Americanisms  
> there are. I've always been struck by how many books by British  
> authors use -ize.

Well, to be fair, the OED does sanction both endings-- in fact, it  
lists the -ize spellings first[1].  I guess we just need to make sure  
we're consistent.

Cheeri,
Calum.


[1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/quick/queries/iseize.html
    http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutspelling/ize
    et al.

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