deanglify

British-American-conversion

v.0.0.1

Simple find and replace to Anglify on de-Anglify some text

The list of words comes straight from Wikipedia.

npm install deanglify

var british_test = "My favourite colour is whisky brown, which I enjoy on a wintry evening in my pyjamas while watching my favorite programmes."

var to_american = deanglify(british_test, { wholewords: false, output: "American" });
// My favorite color is whiskey brown, which I enjoy on a wintry evening in my pajamas while watching my favorite programs.

var american_test = "I apologize for my love of archeology, and please don't inquire as to my side-gig as a flutist.";

var to_british = deanglify(american_test, { wholewords: false, output: "British" });
// I apologise for my love of archaeology, and please don't enquire as to my side-gig as a flautist.

Try it out with npm test

Options

• output: "American" or "British"
• wholewords: Ignore plurals, etc.

Ways to improve

• Capitalization
• Plurals
• Stems (civilise, civilize, etc.);