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Re: spelling
- To: Dale Johannesen <dalej at apple dot com>
- Subject: Re: spelling
- From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 11:58:22 +0200
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <F0EDAE27-BD11-11D5-8895-003065C86F94@apple.com>
Dale Johannesen <dalej@apple.com> writes:
> As long as we [i.e. Joseph Myers] are fixing this, do we want to establish
> consistent spellings for "initializ/se" and "optimiz/se"? Both variants
> occur in the sources. There are probably others. (I know, this is a case
> for i18n, but it's not there.)
Fowler suggets that the '-s-' is the consequence of gallofication,
and recommends using the '-ize' variants were possible (usually
if the word is of remote Greek descent). Of course, some kind of
verbing disease exists, and sometimes, '-ize' is used in this context,
although it should be avoided.