On Friday, 12 June 2015 at 11:13:08 UTC, Chris wrote:
"-ise". If you have a new generation of Englishmen that were taught "-ize", they would find "-ise" strange. It's ridiculous how people get attached to stuff like this.
I have to admit I use "-ize" over "-ise" because I think it visually looks cooler. I always felt I did something wrong by mixing "colour" and "-ize", but this thread has finally lifted this guilt off my shoulders!
"They" as singular feels weird tho, but maybe it is related to the archaic "thou" and "thee"? We had the same in norwegian ~60 years ago. "De" (they) was used as singular towards strangers and "du" (you) was used with people you were familiar with. Then you could claim to be "dus" (friendly) with people you knew (referring to the fact that you use "du" when adressing them). Kinda like german "Sie".
