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This article is about both British and American English and as such quotes both. The narrative sections that are not quoting British or American usage should avoid all forms that are not common to both varieties of English (summarise, summarize, etc.). According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.
British once might have said milliard where USA still say billion. Britons would have said billiard, USA would have said quadrillion. Brits would have said trilliard, USA would have said septillion, this list goes on. Go to Long and Short Scale!
Britons would have said olde, personne, gramme, sonne, and that's all.
It is noted that -ize is in accordance with Latin and Greek, whereas -ise is in accordance with French. However, the latter is also in accordance with most Germanic languages (e.g., German: -isiere); and I think this outh to be noted. Ramanujaner (talk) 11:10, 12 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I know this article is about British and American spelling differences, but this article is using inconsistent British and American spellings in normal sentences that don’t quote words, and we have to think of a uniform dialect in which this article should be written. 2604:3D08:9476:BE00:34C1:DC92:C15D:3454 (talk) 02:42, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In the legend for "American spelling" in the image situated in the upper right of the introduction, the example word is crystalize. There is only one "l" in the word. However, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, this spelling is a "less common" usage; the entry word is still "crystallize".
