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minus-square@Event_Horizon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•2 months agoAustralia 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.
minus-square@milicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•2 months agoOf course it’s worth adding that the Oxford English Dictionary argues (argued?) that the z is proper in British English! I disagree ;-)
minus-square@milicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•2 months agoMine too. I had to stop believing in the OED as the foremost authority on correct English!
minus-square@milicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•2 months agoBesides, they probably put commas in the wrong places over there too.
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.
Of course it’s worth adding that the Oxford English Dictionary argues (argued?) that the z is proper in British English! I disagree ;-)
What!
My world doth shaketh
Mine too. I had to stop believing in the OED as the foremost authority on correct English!
Besides, they probably put commas in the wrong places over there too.