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Smoozle

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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:28 am


	I was noticing when reading the new statement on the front page, that Yami spelled "capitalize" when shouldn't it be "Capitalise"? Of course it is "Capitalize" if the word is Americanised ((Yes! "Americanised" NOT "Americanized".)) True more than 3/4's of Gaians are American, but that isn't any reason to use the Americanised version of a word... Is it?

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:46 am


	Sorry if this sounds whiney... I was just making a point.

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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:06 am


	Both are correct. If you like English so much, deal with its ambiguity.

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 9:55 am


	I used the American spelling because I'm an American.

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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:03 am


	Yeah well. I would have guessed that. It's just that only one country in one hundred and fifty six or so uses that spelling. I guess it doesn't matter. I'm just weird.