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A friend pointed out an article in another context, which used the word ‘Politization’. Now, the meaning is clear enough, but I would have probably said politicisation. Is this just a transpondial thang, or what does the distinguished panel think? http://www.wnyc.org/files/onthemedia_toon.html
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YRCH! I read that link, too, but missed that vomitous abomination. It's "politicisation" up here, and in the rest of sentient society, I'm sure. The country that gives us people who whinge about "preventative" wants to foist this hellspawned horror on us? Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
(if you're bright, that means you're SOL)
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Dear mav: I'm with you in preferring politicization. His word seems a clumsy approximation. And he's wrong about one thing. The Secret Service would have investigated him secrety if it had happened thirty years ago. It's an improvement that they asked for an appointment.
But the cartoonist was obviously correct in saying that he had to be controversial. Nice guys don't win ballgames.
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well okay, mav/max; your beef is semi-legit, but even OED has this one spelled ONLY politici zation.  here's their first sight of it: 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 724/2 The attempted politicization of the German Protestant Church.
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>mav/max; your beef is semi-legit, but even OED has this one spelled ONLY politicization.
Pah! The OED? I fart in the general direction of your OED! What the hell would they know? I mean for twenty years or so they had a K1W1 at the helm. That's got to say something about their grasp of English.
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ONLY [z]
Interesting that M$ Word recognises both 's' and 'z' forms when set to UK English, but only the ez form when set to Murky.
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>Interesting that M$ Word recognises both 's' and 'z' forms when set to UK English, but only the ez form when set to Murky.
My WordPerfect is less tolerant, flagging "z" in its default UK English setting. My main word-processor does the same, and will only accept "s" in UK mode.
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all merkins aside(does one need a gusset for their merkin?), isn't this word from "polity" as opposed to politiCal?
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from "polity" as opposed to politiCal?
No, I would not have guessed so (but am happy to be corrected!) Surely it refers to making political, or turning an issue of debate into a political point? Hmmm, got me wondering which are the oldest and youngest forms of this family of words - my WAG is policy is oldest and politicisation must be a green sprig, but.
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