ise , ize what is correct.

atkin · 08-03-2013 7:30pm #1

Been looking online at this still have no clue.

Come on boys give it a rant as what is correct

Well I was taught ' ise' when I went to school etc

HeidiHeidi · 08-03-2013 7:31pm

One is American (ize), one English (ise).

I think

(Oops, were only boys allowed reply???_

hyperborean · 08-03-2013 7:31pm

ise, just change the dictionary settings

.E_C_K_S. · 08-03-2013 7:43pm

Reading the title of this thread and the original post really hurt my head for some reason.

Fart · 08-03-2013 7:45pm

Oh my eyes!!!

not yet · 08-03-2013 7:46pm

Ise dont know

3ndahalfof6 · 08-03-2013 7:49pm

when you are right.

Chucken · 08-03-2013 8:07pm

Size

Surprise

I don't get it?

CianRyan · 08-03-2013 8:08pm

I have no idea what this thread is about.

Crasp · 08-03-2013 8:10pm

Chucken wrote: »

Size

Surprise

I don't get it?

Size is not a verb.

As said above, -ize is American, -ise is rest-of-English-speaking-World.

Criticise, sterilise, compartmentalise. etc

anncoates · 08-03-2013 8:12pm

Both are acceptable English usage.

One is an American convention and the other is British/rest of the world.

Jev/N · 08-03-2013 8:15pm

Oxford English spelling actually uses 'ize' and was used by the English long before the US even existed

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/

Chucken · 08-03-2013 8:15pm

Crasp wrote: »

Size is not a verb.

As said above, -ize is American, -ise is rest-of-English-speaking-World.

Criticise, sterilise, compartmentalise. etc

Where did the op mention verbs?

I'm lost

7ofBrian · 08-03-2013 8:16pm

both. end of thread.

BBDBB · 08-03-2013 8:18pm

well thats that cleared up

Thank you for joining us

next week we'll be looking at why Americans cant spell "colour"

Pherekydes · 08-03-2013 8:19pm

-ize is not an Americanism. It's French.u

7ofBrian · 08-03-2013 8:22pm

BBDBB wrote: »

well thats that cleared up

Thank you for joining us

next week we'll be looking at why Americans cant spell "colour"

Best. Response. Ever. Well done sir.

Gran Hermano · 08-03-2013 9:09pm

More pertinently, is this a load of bollox or a load of bollix?

TeddyTedson · 08-03-2013 9:30pm

I'd say "apologise" for instance, but I think the yanks have a better phonetic usage in this regard and I think "apologize" actually makes a lot more sense...
But then the English language likes to break the rules, doesn't she.
Whereas the French have an amazing simplistic language.

humbert · 08-03-2013 9:35pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'd say "apologise" for instance, but I think the yanks have a better phonetic usage in this regard and I think "apologize" actually makes a lot more sense...
But then the English language likes to break the rules, doesn't she.
Whereas the French have an amazing simplistic language.

Imagines Teddy saying it in a jazzy zedy way.

TeddyTedson · 08-03-2013 9:52pm

humbert wrote: »

Imagines Teddy saying it in a jazzy zedy way.

Oh lol of course I meant to add this "!"

Apologise!

1ZRed · 08-03-2013 9:58pm

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'd say "apologise" for instance, but I think the yanks have a better phonetic usage in this regard and I think "apologize" actually makes a lot more sense...
But then the English language likes to break the rules, doesn't she.
Whereas the French have an amazing simplistic language.

s'asseoir sur mon bite :pac:

08-03-2013 10:02pm

It's generally assumed that -ize is is US English while -ise is UK English. However Oxford use -ize as was already mentioned, so technically either form is correct for UK English.

The US English version of Windows 8 uses "Minimize" and "Maximize" while the UK English version is "Minimise" and "Maximise"

kowloon · 08-03-2013 10:13pm

Jev/N wrote: »

Oxford English spelling actually uses 'ize' and was used by the English long before the US even existed

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/

In some older documents from before the spelling was formalised you can get both. It's the 'f' shaped 's' that always gets me.

pickarooney · 08-03-2013 10:27pm

Crasp wrote: »

Size is not a verb.

/sizes Crasp up

08-03-2013 10:30pm

kowloon wrote: »

In some older documents from before the spelling was formalised you can get both. It's the 'f' shaped 's' that always gets me.

Especially when the text is about the river fúck

Havermeyer · 08-03-2013 10:37pm

Crasp wrote: »

Size is not a verb.

As said above, -ize is American, -ise is rest-of-English-speaking-World.

Criticise, sterilise, compartmentalise. etc

Yes it is. :pac:

Crasp · 08-03-2013 11:05pm

Chucken wrote: »

Where did the op mention verbs?

I'm lost

They didn't mention verbs, not surprised you're lost if you went looking for them.

pickarooney wrote: »

/sizes Crasp up

nummnutts wrote: »

Yes it is. :pac:

OK, my bad of course it's a verb...

But, although this really goes beyond my training as a furniture salesman, I don't think they are in the same category...

Size is the simplest form of that word... s- prefix without -ize is not a word!

All the others I mentioned are derived from nouns like "apology" or "sterile" etc etc and the ending is added to make it a verb...

To do the same with size you have to add an "S" e.g. sizes Crasp up.

so imo they are not the same, but I'm more than willing to be corrected and have my mind expanded!

(size might be irregular or some ****, I don't know...