burgle or burglarized

[ostap77]

Is there any difference between two sentences given below?

"Did I tell you that my house has been burgled?"

OR

"Did I tell you that my house has been burglarized?"

 

[bhaisahab]

Is there any difference between two sentences given below?

"Did I tell you that my house has been burgled?"

OR

"Did I tell you that my house has been burglarized?"

I think "burglarized" might be AmE. In BrE we would say "burgled".

 

[ostap77]

:up:

 

[riquecohen]

I think "burglarized" might be AmE. In BrE we would say "burgled".

That´s very interesting. Yes, we use burglarized in AmE. I had never before heard the word burgled used, other than in jest.

 

[bhaisahab]

That´s very interesting. Yes, we use burglarized in AmE. I had never before heard the word burgled used, other than in jest.

I see. So, in AmE, is the verb "to burglarize", and do you call the person who "burglarizes" a "burglarizer"? In BrE the verb is "to burgle" and the person who "burgles" is called a "burglar".

 

[Barb_D]

Are you asking that in jest as well? I can't tell.

It's a bugler.

 

[bhaisahab]

Are you asking that in jest as well? I can't tell.

It's a bugler.

No, not really in jest. It would seem logical that if the verb is "to burglarize", (is it?) then the person would be "a burglarizer". A burglar burgles, so does a burglarizer burglarize?
My Ubuntu (American English) spell checker doesn't recognise either "burglar" or "burglarizer".

 

[Barb_D]

Meanwhile, I'm laughing out loud here over my use of "bugler" (as in, the person who plays the bugle!) instead of burglar.

One of my more amusing typos!

Burglar - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 

[SoothingDave]

If it's a robot, we could call it a burglarizinator. ;-)

 

[riquecohen]

Are you asking that in jest as well? I can't tell.

It's a bugler.

I loved your typo; it made me laugh out loud as well. I had visions of a burglar announcing his arrival with a bugle.

 

[Barb_D]

I loved your typo; it made me laugh out loud as well. I had visions of a burglar announcing his arrival with a bugle.

Right - or maybe one of those horns Joshua used at Jericho! :roll:

 

[Tullia]

Right - or maybe one of those horns Joshua used at Jericho! :roll:

If burglars are going to start doing that, I guess I shouldn't bother making my garden wall too high to climb over.