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Subject: Re: [ubl] Specialised vs. specialized


[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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