LL-L "Orthography" 2003.02.16 (05) [E]

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From: Críostóir Ó Ciardha <paada_please at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Orthography" 2003.02.15 (07) [E]

Ian wrote:

"(British English has
_realize/civilize_ vs _realise/civilise_, _judgement_
vs _judgment_, and _queueing_ vs _queuing_, for
example, and that's before you get to any issues of
capital letters, punctuation, usage etc)."

I'm not so sure. Whenever I see "realize/civilize", "judgment", "queuing" or
"program" I think the writer is from the United States (unless I know
better). The appropriate Non-US English (probably the better term as the
Englishes of Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa also
conform) forms are "realise/civilise", "judgement", "queueing" and
"programme" (although there is some give on the last example).

Go raibh maith agat

Criostóir.

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