On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:53:13 +0300 Peter Pentchev <r...@ringlet.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 03:13:53PM +0100, Chris Rees wrote: > [snip] > > Though I still reserve the right to hate the inconsistent use of 'z' > > (why internationalize but surmise; > > I guess "surmise" just hasn't been US-ized yet :P It's not really a matter of US v's British English, the consistent use of "ise" is demotic British English, some better spellcheckers do have an "ize" option for the British dictionary. Z is preferred because it was spelt with a zeta in Greek, ise is typically used where the word came from a french verb using ise, or where the verb comes from a noun that already contains ise, eg. advertise comes from advertisement not advert-ize. _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
