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? I just think british spelling looks better and am a whore for internationalism

Oxford spelling, en-GB-oxendict, is a nice halfway house - it uses the same -ize spellings (where etymologically correct) as American English, but doesn't have the simplifications (eg. colour->color).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling

It's often preferred by academic journals, which might be why the original commenter sees it as "academic".

It's also the official spelling used by the United Nations.

Internalized self loathing is a thing

It's a thing, yes. It's entirely irrelevant to the topic though.

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