Rachel- I was being a snotty-nosed Brit reacting to the AmericaniZation of English. Here in the UK (at least in my Oxford Dictionary) you can use either spelling but I prefer S. Granted, the Z spelling does appear first so let’s agree to differ. HumOUR me, one day you’ll realiSe English is/used to be OURS!!!
Err … If we are calling this ‘English’, the spelling is minimISE!
No, it’s not. It’s minimize…Perhaps you should run thisngs through spell check before posting.
perhaps both of you should
At least mine was a typo – I will not try to argue that “things” is actually spelled that way.
Rachel- I was being a snotty-nosed Brit reacting to the AmericaniZation of English. Here in the UK (at least in my Oxford Dictionary) you can use either spelling but I prefer S. Granted, the Z spelling does appear first so let’s agree to differ. HumOUR me, one day you’ll realiSe English is/used to be OURS!!!
That’s ok midgetgems, soon we’ll all be forced to speak Spanish here in the States.
si, senior. si.
on another note did anyone think that maybe they were trying to leave all the confusion to MIMES?
think about it, those guys are confusing enough with the whole not-speaking thing they do.. maybe they didnt want any MORE confusion.
HAH! SPANISH FAIL @ RHINO! You forgot the tilde…. =)
@midgetgems: We have a right to alter it after the opression you imposed upon us… Plus, we don’t see you speaking Anglo-Saxon, now do we?
it is minimise in australian english, and minimize in american english