Originally posted by elijathegold
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-ize and -izer spellings are not American. They were the original English spellings, and are still mandated by the Oxford University Press (the last time I checked anyway), and sometimes called "academic spelling". The -ise spellings came from French in Victorian times, I'm tempted to think as snobbery about one's education. [/meta nit]
Regards, John Little
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