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Date:      Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:28:47 +0100
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] New category proposal, i18n
Message-ID:  <20090624192847.551c8fd6@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <20090624145313.GB944@straylight.m.ringlet.net>
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:53:13 +0300
Peter Pentchev <roam@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.




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