Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 23:23:12 -0500 From: dannyman <djhoward@uiuc.edu> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: chadf@bookcase.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: whose english is it anyway? Message-ID: <19980410232312.04003@urh.uiuc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410230946.14017G-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>; from John Fieber on Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 11:12:23PM -0500 References: <199804102256.IAA07810@cimlogic.com.au> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410230946.14017G-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 11:12:23PM -0500, John Fieber wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, John Birrell wrote:
> > Chad M. Fraleigh wrote:
> > >
> > > "authorisation" should be "authorization".
> >
> > In my _*English*_ dictionary, either is acceptable.
>
> Citation please?
1 definition found
>From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:
authorisation
n : the act of authorizing [syn: {authorization}, {empowerment}]
> It may be acceptable somewhere, but I dare say that the "z"
> version is much more widely accepted.
After all, it's the American way;
2 definitions found
>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Authorization \Au`thor*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. autorisation.]
The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by
authority; sanction or warrant.
The authorization of laws. --Motley.
A special authorization from the chief. --Merivale.
>From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:
authorization
n 1: a document giving an official instruction or command [syn: {mandate}]
2: a grant of authority to the executive branch of government
to spend money for specified purposes; "authority for the
program was renewed several times" [syn: {authority}]
3: a power delegated from one person to another; "deputies are
given the power to make arrests" [syn: {authority}]
4: the act of authorizing [syn: {authorisation}, {empowerment}]
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