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From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
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On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, David Dawes wrote:

> I have a copy of "The Concise Oxford Dictionary", 6th ed (1976).  It
> shows both forms, with the "z" version preferred.

OED 2nd edition is 1989, suggesting that the "s" form may be out
of fashion, but I would really expect that to be noted if it were
the case rather than just omitting it.  After all, word history
is one of the greatest strengths of the OED.

Puzzling....

-john


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