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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 > > > > >To unsubscribe from this mailing list (and be removed from the roster of the OASIS TC), go to http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/members/leave_workgroup.php. > > > -- regards tim mcgrath phone: +618 93352228 postal: po box 1289 fremantle western australia 6160
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