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Subject: Re: [ubl] Specialised vs. specialized
Almost all. I noticed in our 'Symbols and Abbreviations' section for
ISO we used both spellings - 'Organisation' is spelled with an 's',
while 'Standardization' is spelled with a 'z'. On the ISO site they
spell their name with a 'z' for both.
-A
Tim McGrath wrote:
> 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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