Always wondered what would happen if the Brits and Americans had it out over the ‘S’ and ‘Z’ spelling issues.
In University in Melbourne, I was always told off by lecturers constantly for spelling with Z. It’s quite easy to fix of course, ctrl+F and find all ‘Z’s to replace with ‘S’. But that is not the point.
My issue is in Hong Kong, where it is an Ex-British colony but very Americanized, do we ‘Z’ or ‘S’? Do we prevent squiggles in word by ‘Z’-ing or leave it and let people think we can’t spell?
And for PR and copywriters, should we be tailoring our messages to that extent?
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