tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post1951727242058643136..comments2024-03-29T10:07:59.754+00:00Comments on JIPLP: American spellings -- or English?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-75445328145613111632010-08-02T15:31:20.707+01:002010-08-02T15:31:20.707+01:00You betcha that American honor centers on the noti...You betcha that American honor centers on the notion that "size" matters.<br /><br />And when it comes to spelling, there's still a color bar.<br /><br />Maybe someone should authorize a debate between the House of Lords (now Americanized and misspelled as the "Supreme Court") and OUP.<br /><br />At least OUP's dictionaries now recognise the utilization of "ise".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-38300531661462168492010-08-02T10:19:01.919+01:002010-08-02T10:19:01.919+01:00Given that, as Mark Summerfield has indicated, -iz...Given that, as Mark Summerfield has indicated, -iz- endings are no less English than -is- endings, there is a good commercial reason to use -iz- endings. The -is- ending is not recognized in the US, so it needlessly alienates a portion of the English-speaking audience. Where you have to worry—is when an English publisher starts using "American punctuation."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6631405922607116203.post-71960651049606362222010-08-02T03:27:38.660+01:002010-08-02T03:27:38.660+01:00You just had to prod the sleeping dragon, didn'...You just had to prod the sleeping dragon, didn't you?!<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling<br />http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/page/157Patentology (Mark Summerfield)http://patentology.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com