Java program converts English into English

AN ENTERPRISING programmer has devised a mini-app which he said will convert American spellings of words into what he describes as British English.

Some spellings are common to both countries. For example, the Times of London usually uses the "zed"/"zee" letter instead of the letter "s", so it already uses anglicize rather than anglicise. A number of other British newspapers have held out on this one forever, although the "zed" is permitted as an alternative.

Anglicise uses the largely English English spelling of anglicize to turn US spellings into those used here.

Examples of US English words that differ from English English words include color, traveling, defense, license and many many more.

The English use "programme" for everything but a computer program, and still use the £ rather than the $ or the €, although we dropped LSD (see here) in the early 1970s. LSD money, that is, not LSD Timothy Leary thingie.

The Java mini app includes a text file and is released under the GNU General Public Licenc(s)e.

You can find more details here. µ

See Also
The INQUIRER guide to English English