January 24, 2008

An example of how a man can be trained to dislike something he originally likes

I used to like the way the Americans spell words like Organization -- that is with a Z instead of S. The British English which we use in India goes "organisation", i.e. with an S.
Then I started working as an editor trainee in a magazine where they wanted to use only the British version, and I was told to look out for all words with "zation" or "zise" in the end and change it to "sation" and "sise", respectively. And, slowly, I learned to see the word as 'unacceptable', and stopped liking it.
Now, whenever I see the word organization or vandalize, immediately, a negative image comes to my mind

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