Rats. We'll just have to get along then.
At some point in my studies I learned that words like "sociology" were
referred to as bastard words because they came from joining Latin and
Greek roots. I was extending that to verbs built by adding the Greek
-ize to nouns. There is an implicit disapproval in using a word like
that. "Bastardize" is an example of itself, and I'll wager quite
overwhelmed in shame.
Joel W.
On 10/31/05, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Bastardise.
> It's not Greek in origin! :)
> Seriously, advertise for instance looks quite normal to me and would
> look very strange with a zed. (Yes, that's a joke!)
> AndrewF
>
>
> On 31/10/2005, at 10:55 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> >
> > Not so much.
> >
> > The "ize" ending is a Greek method of making nouns into verbal forms.
> > If you are happy transliterating the Greek zeta (from which you get
> > your beloved "zed") as an "s," you are welcome to bastardize
> > accordingly. Nothing to do with Latin, I don't think.
> >
> > You're right about the paucity of grammar threads. All this boring
> > camera stuff...
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
> > On 10/30/05, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Tsk. Standard English. If I used Oz dialect, you wouldn't understand
> >> much at all. It's common for North Americans to standardise the 'ize'
> >> ending and everyone else in the english speaking world to use 'ise'
> >> although the real distinction is between Greek and Latin roots, I
> >> believe.
> >> Great - it's ages since we had a grammar stoush on the list.
> >> AndrewF
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