Bastardize,
like most, is the preferred form in English. It's a popular misconception that the "z" is somehow american.
Partridge says:
"-ize and -ise, verb endings. With very few exceptions, you will be safe if you make every verb, every derivative noun or participal adjective, conform to the -z type, for this suffix comes, whether direct or via Latin or French, from the Greek -izein. To employ -ise is to flout etymology and logic."
So ner.
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DogHorse plop, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 19:20,
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