XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:14:46 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-15 06:22:15 +0000, Lawrence D´Oliveiro said:   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
   From   
      
   (note that is a UK-based site):   
      
       It is a common belief that -ize is an Americanism and the British   
       is -ise: recognize rather than recognise. That if you spell with a   
       -ize, that this is an American spelling. But for most verbs,   
       either way is correct in British English and the -ize ending has   
       been in use in English since the 16th century. If the word came   
       into English with its origin in the Greek root -izo, then it can   
       be spelt -ize.   
      
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