Authorise vs Authorize

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June 19th, 2006, 01:42 PM
Ramil

Authorise vs Authorize

Is there any difference in meaning between
authorize vs authorise?
June 19th, 2006, 02:06 PM
kamka

my shoot would be that one of these (-ise) is British variant of spelling, the other is American.
June 19th, 2006, 02:14 PM
Chuvak

Re: Authorise vs Authorize

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Originally Posted by Ramil

Is there any difference in meaning between
authorize vsauthorise?

Как говорит Лингво,
authorize(Амер.) = authorise(Брит.)
Вообще, таких слов много (которые различаются в Амер. и Брит. вариантах Англ. языка)
June 19th, 2006, 02:26 PM
Vadim84

Brittish: "ise" - authorise, organise, moralise, fertilise, emphasise etc.

American: "ize" - authorize, organize, moralize, fertilize, emphasize etc.
June 19th, 2006, 04:07 PM
Бармалей

It's just evidence that the British can't spell... :P
See also the "s" vs. "c" difference:
Amer.: defense, offense, etc.
Brit.: defence, offence, etc.
Actually though, although I think people use "British" it's more accurate to say something like "Commonwealth" since Canadians, Austrailians, etc. retained these spellings?
June 19th, 2006, 04:41 PM
Ramil

so it's the same word then without any nuances?
June 19th, 2006, 04:56 PM
Rtyom

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Originally Posted by Ramil

so it's the same word then without any nuances?

It is.
June 19th, 2006, 05:22 PM
TATY

Did you know the spelling was originally -ize in English and it was the Brits who switched to -ise? However nearly all the other spelling differences where due to American changes.
June 19th, 2006, 06:15 PM
Ramil

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Originally Posted by TATY

Did you know the spelling was originally -ize in English and it was the Brits who switched to -ise?

Why? Just to make it different? :)

That reminds me of the Ukranians trying hard to artificially "de-russianize" their language since 1991 (i.e. constantly inventing substitutes for words that sound alike in Russian) :)
June 19th, 2006, 06:46 PM
Бармалей

Quote:

Originally Posted by TATY

Did you know the spelling was originally -ize in English and it was the Brits who switched to -ise? However nearly all the other spelling differences where due to American changes.

Nope. Interesting though.
June 19th, 2006, 06:49 PM
Бармалей

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramil

Quote:

Originally Posted by TATY

Did you know the spelling was originally -ize in English and it was the Brits who switched to -ise?

Why? Just to make it different? :)

That reminds me of the Ukranians trying hard to artificially "de-russianize" their language since 1991 (i.e. constantly inventing substitutes for words that sound alike in Russian) :)

I doubt it was some political statement. More likely it was for a spelling/phonetic reason, since if they were going to "de-americanize" their language, they would actually be "de-britishizing" it...I would like to know the reason though. TATY?