• Event_Horizon@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    As an Aussie it really grinds my gears that office defaults to American spelling. And even after I change the dictionary to Australian or UK english it still continues to insert ‘z’ into words. It’s colonise, not colonize!

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      17 hours ago

      I thought in Aus and other international areas the Z was considered correct spelling, even though most of the rest follows British convention?

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        53 minutes ago

        Australia follows British conventions. However both spellings are correct and there has been a rise in ‘z’ over the past few years with American influence.

        All government websites etc use British spelling.