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Event_Horizon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I thought in Aus and other international areas the Z was considered correct spelling, even though most of the rest follows British convention?

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  • Event_Horizon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Australia follows British conventions. However both spellings are correct and there has been a rise in ‘z’ over the past few years with American influence.

    All government websites etc use British spelling.

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    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Of course it’s worth adding that the Oxford English Dictionary argues (argued?) that the z is proper in British English! I disagree ;-)

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      • Event_Horizon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        What!

        My world doth shaketh

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• FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  How do you pronounce that word

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  • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Haben Sie schonmal von germanischen Sprachen gehört, wo ein ‘S’ duraus so wie englisches ‘Z’ klingen kann?

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    • FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I bet that sounds really good if you say it out loud

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