The Things They Say (Numer 14 in a Series of 50).

[TheFaQQer]

I was once asked by an American teenage girl if we celebrate independence day over in the UK…

On second thoughts... perhaps we should?

When I lived in America, I told them that we had even bigger celebrations on July 4th in the UK than they do in the States.

I also took great joy in pointing out the diary entry of George III on July 4th 1776 - "Nothing of any significance happened today"

[Bob Dalek]

What would 'they' say? Those subhumans that you work with.

You mean the Linux Admins? They'd probably say "Cool, dude." or something similarly annoying.

Your cleverly-constructed trap has failed to bite. Sorry.

[Spacecadet]

I also took great joy in pointing out the diary entry of George III on July 4th 1776 - "Nothing of any significance happened today"

He wouldn't have found out for a few weeks

[TheFaQQer]

He wouldn't have found out for a few weeks

Thanks, I'd never realized that.

[Bob Dalek]

Thanks, I'd never realized that.

I wonder if the diary entry reached America before news of America's victory reached Britain? Perhaps one side had faster pigeons, or something? It's food for thought, and no mistake. And what if the clocks had gone forward?

[BrianSnail]

Thanks, I'd never realized that.

realised

[Bob Dalek]

realised

realized

In the UK, a "z" is, in fact, correct.

[TheFaQQer]

realised

Nice try, but the OED spells it "realized" or "realised".

If you must be pedantic, get it right

[Bob Dalek]

Well, I certain p1ss all over you!

certainly

Compare and contrast:
...and I bet she can spell Number you dunce

Glass houses, stones, ...

[BrianSnail]

-ise, -ize
American spelling accepts only -ize endings in most cases, such as organize, recognize, and realize. British usage accepts both -ize and the more French-looking -ise (organise, recognise, realise). The -ize spelling is preferred by some authoritative British sources including the Oxford English Dictionary — which, until recently, did not list the -ise form of many words, even as an alternative — and Fowler's Modern English Usage. The OED firmly deprecates usage of "-ise", stating, "[T]he suffix…, whatever the element to which it is added, is in its origin the Gr[eek] -ιζειν, L[atin] -izāre; and, as the pronunciation is also with z, there is no reason why in English the special French spelling in -iser should be followed, in opposition to that which is at once etymological and phonetic." Noah Webster rejected -ise for the same reasons.[44] Despite these denouncements, however, the -ize spelling is now rarely used in the UK in the mass media and newspapers, and is often incorrectly regarded as an Americanism.

The -ise form is used by the British government and is more prevalent in common usage within the UK today; the ratio between -ise and -ize stands at 3:2 in the British National Corpus.

I stand corrected...and educated.