Re: [OT] English language
On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Heddle Weaver <weaver2world@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4 April 2011 22:41, Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> wrote:
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>> * On 2011 04 Apr 03:21 -0500, Lisi wrote:
>> > On Monday 04 April 2011 01:24:03 David Jardine wrote:
>> > > I just love the spelling of "Advertiser". ;)
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>> > Do Americans spell it with a zed?
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>> Mostly, yes.
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> No, they spell it with a 'zee'.
FWIW,
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/advertize
comes back with "The word you've entered isn't in the dictionary. ..."
It does find "customize. ("customise" is reported as a British variant. heh.)
When I was in the elementary grades, we talked about the z
substitution and the teachers suggested it was going to happen in the
US. When I was in the middle grades, some of the teachers were saying
use whichever, it looked like both would be accepted in the US.
>From there? ...
--
Joel Rees
(with apoligies for failing to hit "reply all" and adust headers again.)
[... Terrorism would be the oldest and most extreme form of false
religion. -- JDZ]
> Regards,
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> Weaver.
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> Religion is regarded by the common people as true,
> by the wise as false,
> and by the rulers as useful.
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> — Lucius Annæus Seneca.
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> Terrorism, the new religion.
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