On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 01:51:27AM -0700, bukharin wrote: | |David Lawrence;198504 Wrote: |> Ahem. |> |> The correct spelling of visualize is visualize, as in the Oxford |> English dictionary. 'Visualise' is a faux-French bastardization. | |You're right, of course - and that's precisely why I deliberately |called it "Australian" English! The most common spelling of all |-ise/-ize words in Australia is -ise; indeed, the Macquarie Dictionary |(the closest Australia has to a definitive reference) lists the main |spelling as "visualise", with "visualize" as an alternative.
For what its worth Fowler's Modern English Usage (Fowler is/was the editor of the OED for a long time) notes that either spelling is considered acceptable for the ize/ise verbs. The 'ize' form is the older form with the 'ise' drifting into use more recently. (And it is indeed a French influnce from their -iser verbs). Now let's debate putting the 'u' back into governour or Colbert's truthiness! ;-) |Now let's not start a flame war! No, lets not... E. (...and for the record, an Australian born German dual national!) _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
