American spelling - Yanks to me!

[Brazen]

Is it advertisement or advertizement? Far as I can tell, either is acceptable, but I need to know which is RIGHT, dammit!

[Brazen]

Don't worry, found a wandering Yank hereabouts. Ess not Zee.

[Tonitrus]

Yeah, "Z" would be weird.

[CountDeMoney]

Is it advertisement or advertizement? Far as I can tell, either is acceptable, but I need to know which is RIGHT, dammit!

Yikez, az long az you found out that advertizement is not acceptable.

Too Eastern Bloc.

[The Brain]

Z? WTF

[Josquius]

You put Zs in everything else so why not?
Semi-logical question: but then of course you don't pronounce it advertisement you butcher it into Advertiss. Ment.

[Admiral Yi]

Semi-logical question: but then of course you don't pronounce it advertisement you butcher it into Advertiss. Ment.

[DontSayBanana]

Some yanks I hear call it ad-VER-diz-mint.  I'm one of the group that says AD-ver-TIZE-mint.

And there's no such word, even in American English, as "advertizement."  Neologisms FTW.

[Jaron]

Unlike British, who are unhappy with their malformed language they can't pronounce correctly, WE Americans take pride in our words making sense.

[Eddie Teach]

Some yanks I hear call it ad-VER-diz-mint. 

I thought that was a Brit thing. Except with a hard t.

[DontSayBanana]

Some yanks I hear call it ad-VER-diz-mint. 

I thought that was a Brit thing. Except with a hard t.

Britanniaphiles.  Also, some of the higher ranks of the grammar nazis contain people who obnoxiously insist on Queen's English on the basis of snobbery.

[Josquius]

Some yanks I hear call it ad-VER-diz-mint. 

I thought that was a Brit thing. Except with a hard t.

I've only ever heard it in American English. Advert-iss-ment is a very American thing to say.
In British English its the regular word advertise with ment on the end. Or just advert.

[Tamas]

Z? 

[Eddie Teach]

Z? 

Well, it does rhyme with prize and size.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I always thought commercial was the correct Yank spelling