Have you been victimized ?

[pmulcahy11b]

Originally Posted by simonmark6

Could be that you are a victim of the creeping infulence of Americanised spelling. Otherwise it would be victimised. English Scrabble is much harder on Zs that American, although it's easier for us to get rid of our Us.

Reminds of a scene from Frazier. Frazier is about to be beaten up by a bunch of Brits (he deserved it, he insulted them), and he responds as he's running out, "But I spell color with a u!

Personally, I was victimized a lot growing up, but I've only been victimised once...by a Royal Marine commando who gave me Limburger!