XPost: comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 21:36:14 -0800, Ross Finlayson wrote:   
      
   > What I'd like to know about is who keeps dialing the "harmonization"   
   > efforts, which really must give grouse to the "harmonisation"   
   > spellers ...   
      
   Some words came from French and had “-ize”, others did not and had   
   “-ise”.   
   Some folks in Britain decided to change the former to the latter.   
      
   “Televise”, “merchandise”, “advertise” -- never any “-ize”   
   form.   
      
   “Synchronize”, “harmonize”, “apologize” -- “-ize” originally.   
      
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