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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:29:54 GM

It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that England and America are two countries separated by the same language. My first links of london personal experience.

How did english words end up changing in American english?
Q. Along with the shift in pronunciation from the British to American, words that have "ize" and "or" are spelled as "ise" and "our", ie.. rationalise, realise, categorise and neighbour and colour. How and when did these insignificant occurrences come about? It is one English language after all, isn't it?
Asked by Mark B - Thu Apr 15 22:58:12 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Various reasons, but the most notable one was the effort of Noah Webster with his American Dictionary of the English Language. He introduced many of the best-known spelling differences such as the "-or" for -"our" endings (and others that didn't catch on, such as "tung" for "tongue") partly to rationalise spellings, but more political - to establish a uniquely American version of English. See The "-ise" and "-ize" endings did, and still do, coexist in UK English (Oxford Dictionaries in particular go with "-ize") - but Webster and other influential US dictionaries cemented the choice of "-ize" in the USA.
Answered by RAY G - Thu Apr 15 23:09:30 2010