As an Aussie, I'm over it. OED says that -ize is equally "correct" to -ise. Australian spelling guidance has dropped the U in "color", "honor" etc. I keep the

As an Aussie, I'm over it. OED says that -ize is equally "correct" to -ise. Australian spelling guidance has dropped the U in "color", "honor" etc. I keep the "e" in axe, I spell metric measures (and centre and theatre) with "-re" I still differentiate between advise and advice, practise and practice, defense and defence. And I'd spell "check" as "cheque" except no-one outside the US still uses those. /s