Organisation vs Organization

[SouthernComforts]

Is one American and one British? I would use 'S' not 'Z', but the (UK) textbooks I'm reading use 'Z', which to me seems more American somehow.

My phone auto corrects to S.. off to check the language settings..

You are correct. 's' spelling is British, 'z' is American. Neither is wrong.

Is this the same with socialisation and socialization?
I've seen both but the "z" shows wrong spelling.

Yes, my phone is set to UK English. I've only noticed it on this specific uni module - Business, so the word organisation features heavily!

The OU website also uses Z.

Gilly, the book I'm reading uses Z in realize too.

I heard it was American spelling too, but wasn't sure if it was the same for all the words using "S" or "Z"

UK spelling and grammar has two "styles" a Oxford and Cambridge. Oxford spelling uses "z" spellings and Cambridge uses "s".

(Oxford grammar has other differences including the Oxford comma.)

I'm a former book editor by the way so was once paid to know these things!

Interesting! Thanks night.

Is there a reason only certain words can use both S or Z and others can't? Is it only words with 'ise' in?

The "ize" spelling is actually older in British English than "ise."

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/

Thanks Seneca, interesting that they are both correct and yet I would never use -ize, I wonder if it stems from school? Although I don't recall ever being told -ize is wrong.

-ize is wrong in the UK. When in America, -ize away!

It all stems from autocorrect/suggsted spelling thanks to Microsoft Word.

-ize is wrong in the UK

No, it's not.

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/03/ize-or-ise/

Both -ise and -ize are correct in the UK!! Check out the Oxford Dictionaries blog on the subject.

Which you use doesn't matter as long as you're consistent within a document. And some words never take an ize ending (advise, etc.) so you have to watch for those.