Confusion regarding en-GB-ize?

[haji-ali]

As far as I understand, the en-GB-ize dictionary should accept and suggest words ending with -ize instead of -ise, but this doesn't seem to be the case in the latest version of aspell.

> aspell dump dicts | grep en_GB-ize
en_GB-ize
en_GB-ize-w_accents
en_GB-ize-wo_accents

> echo "categorize authorize randomize" | aspell -a -l en_GB-ize

@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.8)
& categorize 6 0: categorise, categories, categorised, categorises, category's, category
& authorize 12 11: authorise, authorial, authoring, authority, authoress, authored, authorities, authors, author's, reauthorise, euthanize, authority's
& randomize 5 21: randomise, randomised, randomises, randoms, random

Is this expected? The US dictionary seems to work as expected:

> echo "categorize authorize randomize" | aspell -a -l en_US    
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.8)
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[kevina]

Hi, The "-ize" is not recognized as part of the language code. The most straightforward way to specify a dictionary is to use the '-d' option. For example:

> echo "categorize authorize randomize" | aspell -a -d en_GB-ize
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.60.8)
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Please see http://aspell.net/man-html/How-Aspell-Selects-an-Appropriate-Dictionary.html for ways to specify the "ize" variant by default for en_GB.