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Subject: Re: [ubl] Specialised vs. specialized
my New Oxford Dictionary of English also gives preference to the "ize"
spelling. so the academics think we should use "ize".
but i did a quick search of the English Daily Telegraph newspaper and
found..
specialise in 178 articles
specialize in none
customise in 383 articles
customize in none.
- so we have common usage indicator that is different.
i suspect this will apply to most "ize" versus "ise" spellings - so lets
leave it as is (using "ise" in all cases)
jon.bosak@sun.com wrote:
>[jon.bosak@sun.com:]
>
>| Unless someone can find me a British authority of equal weight to
>| the contrary (and no, I don't count something like Chambers as
>| equal to the OED), I'm going to have to change this.
>
>I just found an authority of equal weight: the Compact OED, which
>lists "specialised" as an acceptable alternative. Not preferred,
>mind you, but OK.
>
>So I'll let our UBL TC members representing the British
>Commonwealth call it: what shall it be, Specialised or
>Specialized? Deadline for replies is noon San Francisco time
>tomorrow (Thursday), 'cause that's when I start the next build.
>
>Jon
>
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
> From: jon.bosak@sun.com
>
> Folks,
>
> I've just made a truly sad discovery: a usage I thought was
> preferred British is not. We decided a while ago to use Oxford
> English, and that means the Oxford English Dictionary. I thought
> up till now that Oxford English meant "specialised" rather than
> "specialized." But on checking I have just discovered that not
> only does the OED prefer "ize" to "ise" *in general*, but it does
> not even have an entry for "specialised." And if it ain't in the
> OED, it ain't English no matter where you live. (The form with
> the s does appear in some of the historical citations, but unlike
> "despatch," it doesn't rate a listing as a recognized alternative.
> Same with "customise," which doesn't even appear in citations.)
>
> Unless someone can find me a British authority of equal weight to
> the contrary (and no, I don't count something like Chambers as
> equal to the OED), I'm going to have to change this.
>
> Fortunately this will be a fairly straightforward task in the
> master document text, the file names, and the schemas, and I'm up
> to doing it for the build due out Friday night. But it will
> also require changes in the following two illustrations, for which
> I do not have the original art:
>
> Figure 2
> Figure B-5
>
> Jon
>
>
>
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