FAO Spelling gurus

I always considered myself literate. Not immensely so, but at least above average.

However, I was watching an old Inspector Morose 'tother night, and in this episode he worked out who the murderer was by the fact that he incorrectly used "ised" instead of the Oxford dictionary "ized" at the end of words.

Now, I always thought that it was "ised" in British English and "ized" US English, apart from one or two exceptions. I always use the "s" version and even fight with word processors over it.

Is Morose right ?

Posted By: Steve in Holland, Sep 6, 11:53:14