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Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed

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Tim Streater wrote on 13 nov 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

> -ize looks ugly. 

It doesn't to me.

What about "size" [n, v], "Americanize" [v]. 

Ugly in a localized dialectic view, I presume? 

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Middle French -iser, from Late Latin -izare, from Greek -izein

The suffix -ize has been productive in English since the time of Thomas 
Nashe (1567–1601), who claimed credit for introducing it into English to 
remedy the surplus of monosyllabic words. Almost any noun or adjective can 
be made into a verb by adding -ize <hospitalize> <familiarize>; many 
technical terms are coined this way <oxidize> as well as verbs of ethnic 
derivation <Americanize> and verbs derived from proper names <bowdlerize> 
<mesmerize>. Nashe noted in 1591 that his -ize coinages were being 
criticized, and to this day new words ending in -ize <finalize> 
<prioritize> are sure to draw critical fire.

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/-ize>

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How to simulate buttons pressed "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-05 15:48 +0200
  Re: How to simulate buttons pressed "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-05 18:39 +0200
    Re: How to simulate buttons pressed Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2012-10-05 19:00 +0200
  Re: How to simulate buttons pressed Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 12:21 -0700
    Re: How to simulate buttons pressed "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-05 23:33 +0200
  Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-06 11:56 +0200
    Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-06 10:14 +0000
      Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-06 14:24 +0200
        Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 14:34 +0000
          Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-06 17:16 +0200
            Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2012-10-06 19:20 +0200
              Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule "jmrw" <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-10-06 20:08 +0200
            Re: Weak in javascript but stubborn as a mule Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-08 04:47 +0000
  Re: How to simulate buttons pressed jmrw <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-11-11 09:22 +0100
    Re: How to simulate buttons pressed "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-11 09:46 +0100
      Re: How to simulate buttons pressed jmrw <jmrw@free.fr> - 2012-11-11 10:35 +0100
        Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-11-11 12:14 +0100
          Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-11-11 13:11 +0000
          Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-13 00:38 +0100
            Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-11-13 02:26 +0100
              Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-13 07:37 +0100
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-13 11:21 +0000
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-13 20:52 +0100
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-11-13 20:15 +0000
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-13 22:45 +0100
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-11-13 22:31 +0000
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Dr J R Stockton <reply1246@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-11-14 19:31 +0000
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-15 11:56 +0000
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Dr J R Stockton <reply1246@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-11-16 20:14 +0000
            Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Dr J R Stockton <reply1246@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-11-13 17:00 +0000
              Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-14 10:03 +0100
                Re: [OoT] How to simulate buttons pressed Dr J R Stockton <reply1246@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-11-15 22:00 +0000

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