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[shayenne]

"She catalogs the details" vs "she catalogues the details

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[audabee]

Well, the Macquarie ignores the US spelling:

catalogue
// (say 'katuhlog)
noun 1. a list, usually in alphabetical order, with brief notes on the names, articles, etc., listed.
2. a record of the books and other resources of a library or a collection, indicated on cards, or, occasionally, in book form.
3. any list or register.
4. a list of stock for sale issued by a vendor to potential purchasers.
-verb (t) (catalogued, cataloguing) 5. to make a catalogue of; enter in a catalogue.
6. to describe the bibliographical and technical features of (a publication and the subject matter it treats). Also, US, catalog. [French, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos a list]
-cataloguer, cataloguist, noun

And this supports the gue in AE
http://grammarist.com/spelling/catalog-catalogue/

[shayenne]

Ahhh the good ol Macquarie. Thank you. That's 2/2 from people I trust. I'd just wound my brain in knots over it.

[audabee]

Geez, I hope it's the Macquarie and not me you trust, because...I fail at spellinge and grammerz. But I do have Google-Fu.

[shayenne]

You AND the Macquarie.

Because I'm in a totally stupid place - St Patrick's Day Drinks specials - is there an apostrophe ANYWHERE in 'drinks'?

[pook41]

"she catalogues the details" is the one I'd pick and its the one Microsoft Word 2010 Oz English likes too. No dreaded red line underneath it.

[shayenne]

Y'know, the fact that my spellcheck's language is set to Australian and the absence of a red line should have been a clue. *headdesk*. I'm just at the editing stage where I'm nitpicking EVERY word and it was torturing my brain.

Thank you. (sorry, Harry, 'catalogue' isn't that small a word)

[pook41]

No worries. Open a XXXX and all will be ko. LOL

[shayenne]

Even I'm not drinking XXXX these days.

I've graduated to Corona and I plan on sticking here for a while.

PS St Patrick's Day Drinks specials - is there an apostrophe ANYWHERE in 'drinks'?

[scififangurl]

I'd say catalogues, since that is how it would be used here in Canada, which, as we know, is simply a cooler - though less 'cool' - version of Oz.

[shayenne]

Excellent. That's 3/3 in favour of catalogues.

Canada is cooler than Oz in all senses of the word. We still think a seven course meal is a pie and a six pack.

[scififangurl]

It's not? Who knew?

[scififangurl]

We're cool, yes... maybe 'catalogue' will be on and we'll have a definite answer! http://www.cbc.ca/spelling/

[quantumsilver]

Was passing out as I saw this last night but my thoughts were, and still are, that catalogue is the British English spelling and therefor more likely to be the one you were looking for. Which I guess just confirms something three people and your own computer have already told you now. As you noted, catalog is how we spell it here, and as far as I know that is the only reason for the difference between the two spellings, where verb or noun, but it's not likely to be the correct way over there since your language originated from Europe's version, not ours.

(You're totally welcome. No charge. :P)

[shayenne]

I love that my f-list is all knowing and, importantly, doesn't diss me for having a brainfail over something I should know, should be able to google or look up.

Thank you. *pays in hugs*