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Subject:RE: US vs UK English spelling? From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com> To:"'ahowell -at- poolmail -dot- dolphinsoftware -dot- com'" <ahowell -at- poolmail -dot- dolphinsoftware -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:41:39 -0500
I beg to differ...
This is one situation for which Canadians have adopted the US spelling:
realize, organize, personalize, etc.
Not all Canadian rules follow the UK. We have a bit of both :-)
Suzette Seveny
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
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On Friday, November 12, 1999 2:54 PM, ahowell -at- poolmail -dot- dolphinsoftware -dot- com
wrote:
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> -ise (realise, personalise, etc.) is the preferred UK (and Canadian)
spelling.
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> Americans like their zippy z's.
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