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| Re: Pearls Before Swine: The English |
| 16 Jan 26 10:14:46 |
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On 2026-01-15 06:22:15 +0000, Lawrence D�Oliveiro said:
> 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 ...
The US uses 'z' ("economise") for some words and not others, the UK
uses 's' ("economise") for all such words.
Nothing to do with French, although that may well be were it started
centuries ago. The French words usually use 's', but when hijacked into
English, the sound as spoken meant it was replaced by a 'z' in the
written form. British English eventually fixed the mistake, but America
sticks to ye olde version.
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