Re: [ubl] Specialised vs. specialized

[Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>]

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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