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irmamar July 02, 2010 12:32 AM

What does "en-us" mean? :thinking:

OK, thank you everybody. I asked this question because maybe (I'm not sure yet) next year I'm going to study American Literature. The teacher said that we can write the exam in American or British English, but never mix. However, this year I've studied that some words ending in -ise (in BrE) are able to be transformed into -ize, and that would be correct (in BrE, of course). An example was "realize", which I have seen with "z" in BrE texts (and which I often write with "z"). I am worried because if I'm writing my exam in BrE (for instance, "colour"/"color" is a word which appears often in the text) and I write some word with "z" (not all of them, just one or two) I'd like to know if my teacher could mark those words as American words and... (well, I don't know how to say in English "bajar mi puntuación"). :thinking: :worried:

Thanks again. :)

JPablo July 02, 2010 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 87728)
You could start by calling them Oxonians :p

(Well, there may be some disagreement over whether Oxonians applies to people from Oxford or just members of the university, but I don't think "Oxfordians" is common currency).

Oops! You're right. Thank you for letting me know. It reminds me "los vallisoletanos" :)
In Cambridge, then, do as the Cambridgeans :?:

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 87730)
What does "en-us" mean? :thinking:
(well, I don't know how to say in English "bajar mi puntuación"). :thinking: :worried:
Thanks again. :)

US English, I believe.
Probably you could say, "lower my score".

That's E-Z. :)

Perikles July 02, 2010 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 87728)
You could start by calling them Oxonians :p

(Well, there may be some disagreement over whether Oxonians applies to people from Oxford or just members of the university).

The OED gives both, but usually the university.

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Originally Posted by JPablo (Post 87738)
In Cambridge, then, do as the Cambridgeans :?: :thumbsdown:

Cantabrigians. :thumbsup:

JPablo July 02, 2010 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Perikles (Post 87739)
The OED gives both, but usually the university.

Cantabrigians. :thumbsup:

Thank you, Perikles. Reminds me of the "cántabros", but that's another tribe.

irmamar August 05, 2010 03:37 AM

I take this thread again because casually I've found the following page, where they say that "-ize" ending is correct in British English. What do you think?

I'm sorry, soy pesada por naturaleza. :D

Perikles August 05, 2010 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 90770)
What do you think?

I think the article is exactly right. :thumbsup:

There is an interesting comment about analyse

poli August 05, 2010 05:55 AM

I prefer ..ize because it more-closely resembles the word as it is pronounced.

irmamar August 05, 2010 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by poli (Post 90779)
I prefer ..ize because it more-closely resembles the word as it is pronounced.

No se me había ocurrido :thinking: . Buena idea, Poli. :thumbsup: :)

pjt33 August 05, 2010 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 90770)
I take this thread again because casually I've found the following page, where they say that "-ize" ending is correct in British English. What do you think?

I'm sorry, soy pesada por naturaleza. :D

It's not incorrect, but I think it's less common than -ise. Picking a few common words and running them through BNC:

Organise: 60.5%
Realise: 64.0%
Civilised: 57.3%
Recognise: 63.3%

irmamar August 06, 2010 02:13 AM

Yes, I know it, but there is a sentence which has attracted my attention:

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Many incorrectly regard -ize as American English, though it has been in use in English since the 16th century.
I've seen/heard/read Spanish people saying too technical or cultivated words deliberately to show their high linguistic level, without realising that sometimes they sound ridiculous. A veces, demasiado celo es peligroso. ;)


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