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[pseudomonas]

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Comments

[lethargic_man]

That is very erudite and won't make the slightest difference to my usage.

[pseudomonas]

Bah!

[sea_bright]

Well, it won't change my usage either, though I suspect the reasons for this are slightly different...

I'm not surprised you were at odds with a colleague over it, though, given your current location. I was informed once by a classicist who'd done some philology that the 'ise' spelling is a Tabbish invention, whereas 'ize' is the proper True (Dark) Blue Oxonian way.