# Great Vowel Shift

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 13, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-vowel-shift/380271 "2006-11-13T17:46:32Z")\
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[QUOTE=John W. Kennedy]  
“-ize” is legitimate. “-ise” is French.  
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“ize” is American, “ise” is British, both are equally legitimate. (Yes, English has borrowed extesively from both French and Greek).

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