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| Re: Pearls Before Swine: The English |
| 15 Jan 26 06:22:15 |
XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips From: ldo@nz.invalid On Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:22:12 +1300, Your Name wrote: > You mean "economise" ... There are words which get “-ize” via French, e.g. “economize”, “realize”, “utilize”, and there are ones which don’t, e.g. “advertise”, “televise”, “merchandise”. Some of us can tell the difference, even in the UK ... --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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