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A mapping file for wordrow between British and American English
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British to American

This file defines a mapping from British to American English for wordrow. You can use it to convert British to American English:

$ wordrow --map-file british-american.md input.txt

or to convert American to British English:

$ wordrow --invert --map-file british-american.md input.txt

Mappings, per category

Suffixes

British: -ise(d)/-yse/-isation, American: -ize(d)/-yze/-ization

British American
-ise -ize
-ised -ized
-yse -yze
-isation -ization

Spelling

British: our, American: or

British American
Behaviour- Behavior-
Colour- Color-
Favour- Favor-
Favourite- Favorite-
Flavour- Flavor-
Honour- Honor-

British: -re, American: -er

British American
Centre Center

British: -lling, American: -ling

British American
Modelling Modeling
Travelling Traveling

British: -lled, American: -led

British American
Travelled Traveled

British: -ller, American: -ler

British American
Traveller Traveler

Miscellaneous

British American
Dialogue Dialog
Cypher Cipher
Grey Gray

British Nouns

British American
Defence Defense
Offence Offense
practice practise
pretence pretense
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