
Just of curiosity, why is it spelt with a z? Is it spelt thus in Scottish English? I thought that "generalised" is written throughout Great Britain. Cheers, MFD

My guess is that Americans were involved.
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Matthew Farkas-Dyck
Just of curiosity, why is it spelt with a z? Is it spelt thus in Scottish English? I thought that "generalised" is written throughout Great Britain.
Cheers, MFD
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That’s as maybe but last time I looked (I don’t have it to hand) the OED generally accepts –ize or –ise spellings for British English (maybe even favouring the former).
Chris
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My guess is that Americans were involved.
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Matthew Farkas-Dyck

*query*
Ah. So it does.
Thanks. I'll learn this language yet (^_~)
On 27/12/2011, Chris Dornan
That’s as maybe but last time I looked (I don’t have it to hand) the OED generally accepts –ize or –ise spellings for British English (maybe even favouring the former).
Chris
From: glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org [mailto:glasgow-haskell-users-bounces@haskell.org] On Behalf Of David Fox Sent: 27 December 2011 14:50 To: Matthew Farkas-Dyck Cc: GHC users Subject: Re: "GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving"
My guess is that Americans were involved. On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Matthew Farkas-Dyck
wrote: Just of curiosity, why is it spelt with a z? Is it spelt thus in Scottish English? I thought that "generalised" is written throughout Great Britain. Cheers, MFD
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