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

[Bob Dalek]

I've become bored of besting him, that cretin is however search through all my posts for an i before e except after c type scenario. He must have a vacuous life. Here he comes like an over eager puppy.

I've become bored of besting him
Er, when?

that cretin is however search through all my posts for an i before e except after c type scenario
To that incomprehensible toot I can only reply that my aunty's alarm clock is rainbow with the sparrows in corduroy potato peelings.

He must have a vacuous life.
Straight back at ya, baby!

Here he comes like an over eager puppy.
I like that, and thank you for it.

[Sysman]

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.

That's civil servants for you.

[TheFaQQer]

Sorry to be a pain-in-the-ass pedant, but that was Louis XVI on the day the Bastille was beseiged, on July 14, 1789.

There's an article rebutting the George III myth here

There we go, I've learnt something from CUK today. Although, it is a pretty well established myth.

(And the yanks won't know the difference anyway)

[OwlHoot]

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

Sorry to be a pain-in-the-ass pedant, but that was Louis XVI on the day the Bastille was beseiged, on July 14, 1789.

There's an article rebutting the George III myth here

[TheFaQQer]

Why I stand on my feet...

foot, surely?

[Bagpuss]

I've become bored of besting him, that cretin is however search through all my posts for an i before e except after c type scenario. He must have a vacuous life. Here he comes like an over eager puppy.

[TykeMerc]

Give it up you two or take your childish point scoring to the PM system.

[Pogle]

Why I stand on my feet...

You have taste buds on your feet - how's that working for you?

[BrianSnail]

How do you stand? You are a snail.

Why I stand on my feet...

Most snails move by gliding along on their muscular foot, which is lubricated with mucus. This motion is powered by succeeding waves of muscular contraction which move down the undersurface of the foot.

[Bagpuss]

Aw bless, I'm flattered you spent so long looking through my posts. Glass houses? Perhaps on spelling/typos. Little bit different when it comes to respect for other cultures though, I have it, you seem to find Jonny Foreigner
amusing and a little backward, which is why I point out your own deficiencies, like for instance being an unlikeable dickhead.

[Bob Dalek]

I stand corrected...and educated.

How do you stand? You are a snail.

[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.

[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, ...

[TheFaQQer]

realised

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

If you must be pedantic, get it right

[Bob Dalek]

realised

realized

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