It’s a funny thing, language. I am guilty of defending the usage of the English language and its grammar (if ‘guilty’ is the correct term), but I am also prepared to concede that the reason English has become the worldwide lingua franca is entirely due to its malleability and adaptability. Let’s face it, the Aussies and Kiwis use it, and it’s still recognizeable – barely. I don’t even have a huge problem with our American cousins and their kooky ways of spelling things. Hmmm. Wait – on second thoughts, that’d be most things. Color and thru are still wrong, and happy holidays means nothing at all. It’s Christmas, my US chums – Christmas. You are a Christian country (yes, I know, secular society, church and state, blah blah), so please feel free to use the name, for Bhudda’s sake. Where was I? Oh yes – tangental ranting aside, the horrible truth is that the inhabitants in those most united of states have good reason for ‘-izing’ everything. I will not regurgitate all the arguments why, because all you need to know is right here. It’s well worth a read, I assure you.

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