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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 Jan 1999.
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| | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __|   / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \
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Please critizise my art!

Please critizise my art!

alt.ascii-art · 11 messages · 5 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 1999
Martin Schaffner <sch...@hotmail.com> ASCII art 5 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
globes:
           _.-,=_"""--,_
        .-" =/7"   _  .3#"=.
      ,#7  " "  ,//)#d#######=.
    ,/ "      # ,i-/###########=
   /         _)#sm###=#=# #######\
  /         (#/"_`;\//#=#\-#######\
 /         ,d####-_.._.)##P########\
,        ,"############\\##bi- `\| Y.
|       .d##############b\##P'   V  |
|\      '#################!",       |
|C.       \###=############7        |
'###.           )#########/         '
 \#(             \#######|         /
  \B             /#######7 /      /
   \             \######" /"     /
    `.            \###7'       ,'
      "-_          `"'      ,-'
         "-._           _.-"
             """"---""""
           _.-,=_"""--,_
        .-" =/7"   _  .T "=.
      ,/7  " "  ,//)`d       `.
    ,/ "      4 ,i-/           `.
   /         _)"_sm  =,=T"D      \
  /         (_/"_`;\/gjo D-O      \
 /         ,d"""O-_.._.)  P.___    \
,        ,"            \\  bi- `\| Y.
|       .d              b\  P'   V  |
|\      'O               O!",       |
|L.       \__.=_           7        |
'  D.           )         /         '
 \ T             \       |         /
  \D             /       7 /      /
   \             \     ," /"     /
    `.            \   7'       ,'
      "-_          `"'      ,-'
         "-._           _.-"
             """"---""""
     ,-="""=-.
   ,/ "'>"#####\
  /    o"\V=I)###.
 /   ,d##bio\T="Vl
 b   \#######i,   
 !b   " `#sm#"   /
  V      ###P/  /
   '.    `-"  ,'
     ` -...- '
      _,-===-,_
    ,/ ",,/\8888.
   /    ="\V=8)88\
  ,    d88boodb="V.
  |   (8888888?' '|
  `b   " `8sm8"   '
   \      8888,' /
    `     `T/   '
      ` ..... '
the European Union; map with 12 stars:
                                 ,v-,
       <j._                   ,vd   T
       )   "\                j      L
        `---'               d        .
                     _A_   /    (";  \
             _A_     /"\ _d   _A_,    \,
             /"\       /"     /"\     /
                      |       (  | ,_/
       _A_    />      <  ,     )  `_A_
       /"\   / "P     `-",V  B"    /"\
        ,-,/\T_D,      ,'( ) D
        ,7  P ) \      \(  -'
     _A_"--',T  H.   ..-H'-\         _A_
     /"\   ,;T___( ,/       |        /"\
              , _/"        ,|
           C8>'"          (  _
       _A_  `q        _    "" )    _A_
     _./"\   )      <,sm>   _/'    /"\
    |  ""-._.H            ,/
    /        _A_ ,-._,'`. \  _A_
  ,/         /"\/    _A_ \ './"\      __,
  /         /"       /"\  '-."`.   -="p""
  ""\     _P"        !_!     "W "  H \_
     """""                ---//    (  ='
                          `"-'      `w
                                       """'

I liked your'n big globes.



P.S.: the gin glows in the dark

OK. Your art is crap. It's geograhically incorrect, out of scale and
just totally dull. Why don't you get a life and use proper graphical
design tools instead of this bullshit ascii art.

Only joking, but I did what you asked.

Martin Schaffner wrote:
> 
> globes:
>            _.-,=_"""--,_
>         .-" =/7"   _  .3#"=.
>       ,#7  " "  ,//)#d#######=.
>     ,/ "      # ,i-/###########=
>    /         _)#sm###=#=# #######\
>   /         (#/"_`;\//#=#\-#######\
>  /         ,d####-_.._.)##P########\
> ,        ,"############\\##bi- `\| Y.
> |       .d##############b\##P'   V  |
> |\      '#################!",       |
> |C.       \###=############7        |
> '###.           )#########/         '
>  \#(             \#######|         /
>   \B             /#######7 /      /
>    \             \######" /"     /
>     `.            \###7'       ,'
>       "-_          `"'      ,-'
>          "-._           _.-"
>              """"---""""
>            _.-,=_"""--,_
>         .-" =/7"   _  .T "=.
>       ,/7  " "  ,//)`d       `.
>     ,/ "      4 ,i-/           `.
>    /         _)"_sm  =,=T"D      \
>   /         (_/"_`;\/gjo D-O      \
>  /         ,d"""O-_.._.)  P.___    \
> ,        ,"            \\  bi- `\| Y.
> |       .d              b\  P'   V  |
> |\      'O               O!",       |
> |L.       \__.=_           7        |
> '  D.           )         /         '
>  \ T             \       |         /
>   \D             /       7 /      /
>    \             \     ," /"     /
>     `.            \   7'       ,'
>       "-_          `"'      ,-'
>          "-._           _.-"
>              """"---""""
>      ,-="""=-.
>    ,/ "'>"#####\
>   /    o"\V=I)###.
>  /   ,d##bio\T="Vl
>  b   \#######i,
>  !b   " `#sm#"   /
>   V      ###P/  /
>    '.    `-"  ,'
>      ` -...- '
>       _,-===-,_
>     ,/ ",,/\8888.
>    /    ="\V=8)88\
>   ,    d88boodb="V.
>   |   (8888888?' '|
>   `b   " `8sm8"   '
>    \      8888,' /
>     `     `T/   '
>       ` ..... '
> the European Union; map with 12 stars:
>                                  ,v-,
>        <j._                   ,vd   T
>        )   "\                j      L
>         `---'               d        .
>                      _A_   /    (";  \
>              _A_     /"\ _d   _A_,    \,
>              /"\       /"     /"\     /
>                       |       (  | ,_/
>        _A_    />      <  ,     )  `_A_
>        /"\   / "P     `-",V  B"    /"\
>         ,-,/\T_D,      ,'( ) D
>         ,7  P ) \      \(  -'
>      _A_"--',T  H.   ..-H'-\         _A_
>      /"\   ,;T___( ,/       |        /"\
>               , _/"        ,|
>            C8>'"          (  _
>        _A_  `q        _    "" )    _A_
>      _./"\   )      <,sm>   _/'    /"\
>     |  ""-._.H            ,/
>     /        _A_ ,-._,'`. \  _A_
>   ,/         /"\/    _A_ \ './"\      __,
>   /         /"       /"\  '-."`.   -="p""
>   ""\     _P"        !_!     "W "  H \_
>      """""                ---//    (  ='
>                           `"-'      `w
>                                        """'

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 9 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 23:22:40 +0100, Martin Schaffner posted:
|globes:
|           _.-,=_"""--,_
|        .-" =/7"   _  .3#"=.
|      ,#7  " "  ,//)#d#######=.
|    ,/ "      # ,i-/###########=
|   /         _)#sm###=#=# #######\
|  /         (#/"_`;\//#=#\-#######\
| /         ,d####-_.._.)##P########\
|,        ,"############\\##bi- `\| Y.
||       .d##############b\##P'   V  |
||\      '#################!",       |
||C.       \###=############7        |
|'###.           )#########/         '
| \#(             \#######|         /
|  \B             /#######7 /      /
|   \             \######" /"     /
|    `.            \###7'       ,'
|      "-_          `"'      ,-'
|         "-._           _.-"
|             """"---""""
|           _.-,=_"""--,_
|        .-" =/7"   _  .T "=.
|      ,/7  " "  ,//)`d       `.
|    ,/ "      4 ,i-/           `.
|   /         _)"_sm  =,=T"D      \
|  /         (_/"_`;\/gjo D-O      \
| /         ,d"""O-_.._.)  P.___    \
|,        ,"            \\  bi- `\| Y.
||       .d              b\  P'   V  |
||\      'O               O!",       |
||L.       \__.=_           7        |
|'  D.           )         /         '
| \ T             \       |         /
|  \D             /       7 /      /
|   \             \     ," /"     /
|    `.            \   7'       ,'
|      "-_          `"'      ,-'
|         "-._           _.-"
|             """"---""""
|     ,-="""=-.
|   ,/ "'>"#####\
|  /    o"\V=I)###.
| /   ,d##bio\T="Vl
| b   \#######i,   
| !b   " `#sm#"   /
|  V      ###P/  /
|   '.    `-"  ,'
|     ` -...- '
|      _,-===-,_
|    ,/ ",,/\8888.
|   /    ="\V=8)88\
|  ,    d88boodb="V.
|  |   (8888888?' '|
|  `b   " `8sm8"   '
|   \      8888,' /
|    `     `T/   '
|      ` ..... '
|the European Union; map with 12 stars:
|                                 ,v-,
|       <j._                   ,vd   T
|       )   "\                j      L
|        `---'               d        .
|                     _A_   /    (";  \
|             _A_     /"\ _d   _A_,    \,
|             /"\       /"     /"\     /
|                      |       (  | ,_/
|       _A_    />      <  ,     )  `_A_
|       /"\   / "P     `-",V  B"    /"\
|        ,-,/\T_D,      ,'( ) D
|        ,7  P ) \      \(  -'
|     _A_"--',T  H.   ..-H'-\         _A_
|     /"\   ,;T___( ,/       |        /"\
|              , _/"        ,|
|           C8>'"          (  _
|       _A_  `q        _    "" )    _A_
|     _./"\   )      <,sm>   _/'    /"\
|    |  ""-._.H            ,/
|    /        _A_ ,-._,'`. \  _A_
|  ,/         /"\/    _A_ \ './"\      __,
|  /         /"       /"\  '-."`.   -="p""
|  ""\     _P"        !_!     "W "  H \_
|     """""                ---//    (  ='
|                          `"-'      `w
|                                       """'
'----------------------------

Those'r great!

Oh, you wanted critizism... gee why can`t these people ask for an 'opinion'
--- I find it very hard to spot bad points in this quality ASCII Art.

Those Circles are excellent... the shading is great... The use of letters
is, although in some places strange looking, a great style that adds shape
to the land masses... and I managed to pick out all the countries!

No, I can`t find anything to critizise (or is it critisise? I dunno...
critisize my spelling!)

Byez,
-Martin
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Phil <ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> ASCII art 11 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
> No, I can`t find anything to critizise (or is it critisise? I dunno...
> critisize my spelling!)
> 
> Byez,
> -Martin

Sure thing!  Here's a bit of (hopefully) constructive criticism.

                                               .--------------------.
 .-------------------------------.            | I am a critic.       |
 | .-. .-. . -+- . .-. . .-. .-- |            | I like to criticise! |
 | |   |\' |  |  | |   | '-. |-  \      -===-./---------------------'
 | '-' ' ' '  '  ' '-' ' '-' '-- |'(".  qPjPp |
 |                               |  < \/ \-/\ *
 |                               |   './| | ||
 '--.--("")-------------------.--'      |-'-|)
   '-------------------------'          | | |
_______________________________________(_,|,_)____________PjP_99_____

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 15 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
In article
<Pin...@leofric.coventry.ac.uk>, Phil
<ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > No, I can`t find anything to critizise (or is it critisise? I dunno...
> > critisize my spelling!)
> >
> > Byez,
> > -Martin
> 
> Sure thing!  Here's a bit of (hopefully) constructive criticism.
> 
>                                                .--------------------.
>  .-------------------------------.            | I am a critic.       |
>  | .-. .-. . -+- . .-. . .-. .-- |            | I like to criticise! |
>  | |   |\' |  |  | |   | '-. |-  \      -===-./---------------------'
>  | '-' ' ' '  '  ' '-' ' '-' '-- |'(".  qPjPp |
>  |                               |  < \/ \-/\ *
>  |                               |   './| | ||
>  '--.--("")-------------------.--'      |-'-|)
>    '-------------------------'          | | |
> _______________________________________(_,|,_)____________PjP_99_____
.

    ___________
   |   Use     |
   |   Your    |
   | Dictionary|
   |___________|
         |
         |  .^%---
         |  <  \ I'm also very fond of criticizing.
          \/ >\  
             > \ 
ejm         /\^^
            \ \

Let's see what the dictionary says...
              _______________
            /(@)_____________)
           / (@)_____________)
    ---%^^,_/
      /   >
          <
          <
        ^^|\
ejm       / \

              ________________
            /(@)______________)
ha         / |critic - n.    |
 ha ---%^^,  | one who passes|
   ha /   >\ | judgement     |
          < \|               |
          <  |criticize - vt |
        ^^|\ |_______________|
ejm       / \(@)______________)

Yes, I thought it had a "z". (This is from my Collins English Dictionary
- Canadian Edition)

The only critique I can think of for the globes (which were excellent -I
particular like this one.)

           _.-,=_"""--,_
        .-" =/7"   _  .3#"=.
      ,#7  " "  ,//)#d#######=.
    ,/ "      # ,i-/###########=
   /         _)#sm###=#=# #######\
  /         (#/"_`;\//#=#\-#######\
 /         ,d####-_.._.)##P########\
,        ,"############\\##bi- `\| Y.
|       .d##############b\##P'   V  |
|\      '#################!",       |
|C.       \###=############7        |
'###.           )#########/         '
 \#(             \#######|         /
  \B             /#######7 /      /
   \             \######" /"     /
    `.            \###7'       ,'
      "-_          `"'      ,-'
         "-._           _.-"
             """"---""""        Martin Schaffner


is to ask for the other sides of the world too. Martin Schaffner, can
you depict North America South America, North Pole and South Pole as
well? 



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see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
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Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 17 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:50:56 +0000, Phil posted:
|> No, I can`t find anything to critizise (or is it critisise? I dunno...
|> critisize my spelling!)
|> 
|> Byez,
|> -Martin
|
|Sure thing!  Here's a bit of (hopefully) constructive criticism.
|
|                                               .--------------------.
| .-------------------------------.            | I am a critic.       |
| | .-. .-. . -+- . .-. . .-. .-- |            | I like to criticise! |
| | |   |\' |  |  | |   | '-. |-  \      -===-./---------------------'
| | '-' ' ' '  '  ' '-' ' '-' '-- |'(".  qPjPp |
| |                               |  < \/ \-/\ *
| |                               |   './| | ||
| '--.--("")-------------------.--'      |-'-|)
|   '-------------------------'          | | |
|_______________________________________(_,|,_)____________PjP_99_____
|
'----------------------------

Ahh... Criticise, Criticise... C first, then S. Got it. Criticise.

-- 
  |||||            __________________________
 |||( o|          / Criticise, Criticise... /
 |||   >    _____/   ______________________/
  |   -|   /________/ \
   \__/        |    |  |   Martin Atkins
   | |         |    |  |  mart.atkins 
  / " \ __     |____|__|             '@
  |\\ |/.-' _.|______|__| mga          'bigfoot.com
  | \\//     """""""""""""

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 17 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <369...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz
(Martin Atkins) wrote:
> 
> .----- On Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:50:56 +0000, Phil posted:
> |> No, I can`t find anything to critizise (or is it critisise? I dunno...
> |> critisize my spelling!)
> |>
> |> Byez,
> |> -Martin
> |
> |Sure thing!  Here's a bit of (hopefully) constructive criticism.
> |
> |                                               .--------------------.
> | .-------------------------------.            | I am a critic.       |
> | | .-. .-. . -+- . .-. . .-. .-- |            | I like to criticise! |
> | | |   |\' |  |  | |   | '-. |-  \      -===-./---------------------'
[snip]

> Ahh... Criticise, Criticise... C first, then S. Got it. Criticise.
> 
> --
>   |||||            __________________________
>  |||( o|          / Criticise, Criticise... /
>  |||   >    _____/   ______________________/
>   |   -|   /________/ \
>    \__/        |    |  |   Martin Atkins
>    | |         |    |  |  mart.atkins
>   / " \ __     |____|__|             '@
>   |\\ |/.-' _.|______|__| mga          'bigfoot.com
>   | \\//     """""""""""""

criticiSe???

  .___                      
  |   )                            /--//--/|    
  |  (_)                          /__//__/ |_
  |                              |   |   | /_/| ,
  |                              |A-O|P-Z||**||[|
  |                              |   |   ||()||[|_,__
  | __                          /|___|___||__|/[|( )/|
.+. \,^^%---                   /___________________/ |
+.+ <    \ Hmmm... I wonder    |__________  ______ | |
.+.<_/     what my Oxford      |          ||______|| |
+.+))__/\   2 volumes (four    |        ] ||______|| |
.+.+.+.)_    pages to a page)  |          ||______|| |
+.+.+.+|_\__     says....      |__________|________|/
ejm+.+|     | 

...

  .___                      
  |   )                                /--/|    
  |  (_)                              /__/ |_
  |                                  |   | /_/| ,
  |                                  |P-Z||**||[|
  |                              ____|   ||()||[|_,__
  |                             /    |___||__|/[|( )/|
.+.  ,^^%---                   /___________________/ |
+.+ <  __\_((/ Just as I       |__________  ______ | |
.+.<_/-    //    thought...    |          ||______|| |
+.+))__   //                   |        ] ||______|| |
.+.+.+.)_//                    |          ||______|| |
+.+.+.+|_\__                   |__________|________|/
ejm+.+|     | 

The "z" version is the main entry.

...
: Criticize: (kri-ti-seiz), v. Also -ise [f. CRITIC or
: L. critic us + IZE] 1. intr. To play the critic; to pass
: judgement upon something with respect to its merits of
: faults. (Often connoting unfavourable judgement.)
:


So I suppose that technically, they're both right but I've always
favoured the main entry as being the correct spelling.


         /
         \,^%---
         <\/ \ Nyah nyah!
         <         (criticize, criticize....)
         <
       ^^|\
ejm      //


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to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
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http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/   ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions            ha  /   "    "

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 17 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:42:48 -0500, llizard posted:
|
|    ___________
|   |   Use     |
|   |   Your    |
|   | Dictionary|
|   |___________|
|         |
|         |  .^%---
|         |  <  \ I'm also very fond of criticizing.
|          \/ >\  
|             > \ 
|ejm         /\^^
|            \ \
|
|Let's see what the dictionary says...
|              _______________
|            /(@)_____________)
|           / (@)_____________)
|    ---%^^,_/
|      /   >
|          <
|          <
|        ^^|\
|ejm       / \
|
|              ________________
|            /(@)______________)
|ha         / |critic - n.    |
| ha ---%^^,  | one who passes|
|   ha /   >\ | judgement     |
|          < \|               |
|          <  |criticize - vt |
|        ^^|\ |_______________|
|ejm       / \(@)______________)
|
|Yes, I thought it had a "z". (This is from my Collins English Dictionary
|- Canadian Edition)
|
'--------------------------

There are quite a few differences between Canadian and American English and
English English :o)

The main one is that a lot of words spelt -ise are changed to -ize.

Randomize	Randomise
Criticize	Criticise

Dispize? (Probably not!)

-- 
  |||||            __________________________________________
 |||( o|          / -ize... the things just above your nose /
 |||   >    _____/   ______________________________________/
  |   -|   /________/ \
   \__/        |    |  |   Martin Atkins
   | |         |    |  |  mart.atkins 
  / " \ __     |____|__|             '@
  |\\ |/.-' _.|______|__| mga          'bigfoot.com
  | \\//     """""""""""""

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 18 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <36a...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz
(Martin Atkins) wrote:
> 
> .----- On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:42:48 -0500, llizard posted:
[snip]
> |         |  .^%---
> |         |  <  \ I'm also very fond of criticizing.
[snip]
> |Let's see what the dictionary says...
[snip]
> |              ________________
> |            /(@)______________)
> |ha         / |critic - n.    |
> | ha ---%^^,  | one who passes|
> |   ha /   >\ | judgement     |
> |          < \|               |
> |          <  |criticize - vt |
> |        ^^|\ |_______________|
> |ejm       / \(@)______________)
> |
> |Yes, I thought it had a "z". (This is from my Collins English Dictionary
> |- Canadian Edition)
> |
> '--------------------------
> 
> There are quite a few differences between Canadian and American English and
> English English :o)
> 
> The main one is that a lot of words spelt -ise are changed to -ize.
> 
> Randomize       Randomise
> Criticize       Criticise
> 
> Dispize? (Probably not!)
.
      ha
^^^^%---  ha
 "   \ ha    Most definitely not!!  "DEspize", maybe, but never
"dIspize".


Usually I use the English rather than American spelling as well.
(Spelling colour as "color" in Html documents still comes as a shock.)

Did you see my post in which I checked in the Oxford Dictionary?

  .___                      
  |   )                                /--/|    
  |  (_)                              /__/ |_
  |                                  |   | /_/| ,
  |                                  |P-Z||**||[|
  |                              ____|   ||()||[|_,__
  |                             /    |___||__|/[|( )/|
.+.  ,^^%---                   /___________________/ |
+.+ <  __\_((/  "criticize..." |__________  ______ | |
.+.<_/-    //                  |          ||______|| |
+.+))__   //                   |        ] ||______|| |
.+.+.+.)_//                    |          ||______|| |
+.+.+.+|_\__                   |__________|________|/
ejm+.+|     | 



I think you'll have to agree that a dictionary doesn't get more English
than the Oxford.

(Or maybe you are a Cambridge Man and refuse to condone anything coming
out of Oxford.... )


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca    ha             ,^
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/   ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions            ha  /   "    "

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 20 Jan 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:15:08 -0500, llizard posted:
|In article <36a...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz
|(Martin Atkins) wrote:
|> 
|> .----- On Fri, 15 Jan 1999 08:42:48 -0500, llizard posted:
|[snip]
|> |         |  .^%---
|> |         |  <  \ I'm also very fond of criticizing.
|[snip]
|> |Let's see what the dictionary says...
|[snip]
|> |              ________________
|> |            /(@)______________)
|> |ha         / |critic - n.    |
|> | ha ---%^^,  | one who passes|
|> |   ha /   >\ | judgement     |
|> |          < \|               |
|> |          <  |criticize - vt |
|> |        ^^|\ |_______________|
|> |ejm       / \(@)______________)
|> |
|> |Yes, I thought it had a "z". (This is from my Collins English Dictionary
|> |- Canadian Edition)
|> |
|> '--------------------------
|> 
|> There are quite a few differences between Canadian and American English and
|> English English :o)
|> 
|> The main one is that a lot of words spelt -ise are changed to -ize.
|> 
|> Randomize       Randomise
|> Criticize       Criticise
|> 
|> Dispize? (Probably not!)
|.
|      ha
|^^^^%---  ha
| "   \ ha    Most definitely not!!  "DEspize", maybe, but never
|"dIspize".
|
|
|Usually I use the English rather than American spelling as well.
|(Spelling colour as "color" in Html documents still comes as a shock.)
|
|Did you see my post in which I checked in the Oxford Dictionary?
|
|  .___                      
|  |   )                                /--/|    
|  |  (_)                              /__/ |_
|  |                                  |   | /_/| ,
|  |                                  |P-Z||**||[|
|  |                              ____|   ||()||[|_,__
|  |                             /    |___||__|/[|( )/|
|.+.  ,^^%---                   /___________________/ |
|+.+ <  __\_((/  "criticize..." |__________  ______ | |
|.+.<_/-    //                  |          ||______|| |
|+.+))__   //                   |        ] ||______|| |
|.+.+.+.)_//                    |          ||______|| |
|+.+.+.+|_\__                   |__________|________|/
|ejm+.+|     | 
|
|
|
|I think you'll have to agree that a dictionary doesn't get more English
|than the Oxford.
|
|(Or maybe you are a Cambridge Man and refuse to condone anything coming
|out of Oxford.... )
|
'---------------------------

  |||||            _______________
 |||( o|          / Let's see... /
 |||   >    _____/   ___________/
  |   -|   /________/ \
   \__/        |    |  |
   | |    /""/ |    |  |
  / " \ _/~~/  |____|__|
  |\\ |//__/_.|______|__| mga
  | \\//     """""""""""""

criticism n. pointing out of faults; judging of merit, esp of literary or
artistic work.

critcize v.t. express criticism of.

critique /-'ti:k/ n. critical essay.

Source: The Oxford English Minidictionary (1994)

    |||||
   | o o |
   |  >  |     .--- OK Llizard, I believe you!
   | \_/ | ---'    it is a z.
    \___/          You were right, I was wrong etc...
     | |

-- 
  |||||            __________________________
 |||( o|          / Criticize, Criticize... /
 |||   >    _____/   ______________________/
  |   -|   /________/ \
   \__/        |    |  |   Martin Atkins
   | |         |    |  |  mart.atkins 
  / " \ __     |____|__|             '@
  |\\ |/.-' _.|______|__| mga          'bigfoot.com
  | \\//     """""""""""""

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