On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Heddle Weaver <weaver2wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 4 April 2011 22:41, Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us> wrote: >> >> * 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". ;) >> > >> > Do Americans spell it with a zed? >> >> Mostly, yes. > > 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, > > Weaver. > -- > > Religion is regarded by the common people as true, > by the wise as false, > and by the rulers as useful. > > — Lucius Annæus Seneca. > > Terrorism, the new religion. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=2SARnkUjswE=rz+reaqnwges...@mail.gmail.com
