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Anonymous, 1 yr 87 days ago
What makes this worse  is that the English are now using Z's.  I was at he Natural History Museum in London and all the information on the displays in the Dinosaur section used Z's not S's in spellings. 'What a F******* Liberty !.
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Cool Breeze  +  559232 Wed, 27 Aug 08 01:30 PM
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“What makes this worse  is that the English are now using Z's.  I was at he Natural History Museum in London and all the information on the displays in the Dinosaur section used Z's not S's in spellings.

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Huh?  "Thiz fozzil waz dizcovered in Azia?"

CB

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Anonymous, 1 yr 86 days ago
Actually I'm wrong according to wikapedia and the oxford english dictionary the use of Z's is not an Americanism, its correct english.  The OED gives the Z spelling first with the S as an option. Read the wikapedia entry its very interesting. Well, you learn something everyday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences

I still prefer S's.
MrPedantic  +  559453 Thu, 28 Aug 08 12:10 AM

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“Actually I'm wrong”

Hats off, Anon! That may well be the first time that phrase has ever been uttered on an ESL forum.

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