Monday, 29 December 2025

might i suggest a nice solomonic compromiſe… (13. 040)

Notwithstanding splitting the difference, Canadian lexicographers and editors are taking exception to the sudden shift away from the standard -ize constructions of standard national orthography to the -ise of British English in official communication. PfRC admits feely to some level of affectation and can see why this move away from North American spelling, though the US does not, despite its hegemony and default settings that yield a more considered difference from time to time, hold a monopoly on the spelling—accredited in the main to Noah Webster as a distinguishing signifier with the gerund form or verbing closer to the Ancient Greek origins of -ίζειν (see also) with common usage considering both cases to be acceptable.