Re: [ubl] Specialised vs. specialized

[Anne Hendry <anne.hendry@sun.com>]

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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