Howdy MFPA, Friday, May 19, 2006, 10:23:16 PM, MFPA wrotened:
>> Times change. MFPA> Yes, when I was very young it was trendy and modern to use -ise. MFPA> -ize was still about but generally going out of fashion. MFPA> Throughout my school/college career -ize generally cropped up only MFPA> in old or American texts (except for some reason in the past MFPA> tense, -ized was much in evidence). MFPA> A couple of decades later and -ize has gained in popularity once MFPA> more. I remain convinced this is due to dodgy spell-checkers. ;-) Its one of those interesting things with languages... especially the English Language, which lets face it has borrowed words and phrases from most languages (French, Latin, Saxon etc etc.), that they are in a permanent state of flux. To the best of my knowledge the suffix -ize is Americanism, but it did exist in one or two words in the English version of English. It's basically a different dialect of the same language. However to put American spellings in the British English section of the International Dictionary does seem wrong... but then again I can always correct it. -- Have Fun, Ben Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] crashing The Bat! v3.80.03 falling out of mid air with Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 I ate a man's brain because he said I was stupider then him, and you know what, now I feel smarter. Isn't that neat? ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.80.06 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
