Quatizer/Quantiser (was Re: [sdiy] how to view a quantizer staircase on a scope?)

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 18 May 2009, at 07:59, Stewart Pye wrote:

> On a side note - Is the Australian-English spelling "quantiser". I  
> instinctively wanted to type it that way. We dont use Z's so much  
> down here!

In short, the US uses "z", Oz and NZ use "s", and the British can't  
really make up their minds and argue about it.
There's a good paragraph on Wikipedia about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ 
American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#-ise.2C_-ize

So I guess it's "Quantizer" or "Quantiser" as you decide, much like  
"Synthesizer"/"Synthesiser".

T.
(was an English-as-foreign-language teacher once)