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Originally Posted by issybird
And yet your head of state uses "ize" rather than "ise"!
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Perhaps you have noticed that I'm Canadian? In these parts, we tend to be very accepting of the various oddities in English orthography. Heck, we are even accepting of New Zealand's continued use of fiord instead of fjord.
And yes, we do use both ise and ize. Looking in most Canadian dictionaries, you will often see multiple spellings with the first listed being the preferred. Oddly, if you look at British spelling, you will also find ise/ize being used.
Of course, since the northernmost settlement in Canada is Grise Fiord aka Aujuittuq (Inuktitut ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, 'Place that never thaws'), we may be biased towards fiord.