I have just wasted a whole bunch of time on this. Googling and wiki-ing and random searching...
Throughout my text book, there are loads of '...ise' words spelt '...ize'. It was getting right on my nerves, having to spell like an American when I am not, and then I started to get a bit paranoid as to whether some words were originally spelt with a 'z'. I can't remember now. I can't remember which British words are a 'z' and which are an 's'. I can't look it up in the dictionary, because the dictionary has been changed to all z's throughout. So now I'm using s's for everything and wondering if some of them should be z's. I can't abide spelling mistakes. So now I'm really stressed out as to whether my notes are spelt correctly or not. And every 'z' I see is jumping out at me and making me progressively more irritable.
I've just had to open a bottle of Crabbies to calm my nerves.
z's and s's
I have just wasted a whole bunch of time on this. Googling and wiki-ing and random searching...
Throughout my text book, there are loads of '...ise' words spelt '...ize'. It was getting right on my nerves, having to spell like an American when I am not, and then I started to get a bit paranoid as to whether some words were originally spelt with a 'z'. I can't remember now. I can't remember which British words are a 'z' and which are an 's'. I can't look it up in the dictionary, because the dictionary has been changed to all z's throughout. So now I'm using s's for everything and wondering if some of them should be z's. I can't abide spelling mistakes. So now I'm really stressed out as to whether my notes are spelt correctly or not. And every 'z' I see is jumping out at me and making me progressively more irritable.
I've just had to open a bottle of Crabbies to calm my nerves.