NAME

Lingua::EN::ABC - American, British, and Canadian English

SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::EN::ABC ':all';
my $colour = a2b ('color');

DESCRIPTION

FUNCTIONS

a2b

my $british = a2b ('color');
# $british = 'colour'.

An option oxford controls whether to use Oxford spelling (realize rather than realise):

my $oxford_british = c2b ($canadian, oxford => 1);

b2a

my $american = b2a ('the colour of my pyjamas');
# $american = 'the color of my pajamas'

Convert British spellings into American spellings.

a2c

my $canadian = a2c ('the color');
# $canadian = 'the colour'

Convert American to Canadian spelling.

c2a

my $american = c2a ('the color');
# $american = 'the colour'

Convert Canadian to American spelling.

b2c

my $canadian = b2c ('the programme');
# $canadian = 'the program'

Convert British to Canadian spelling.

c2b

my $british = c2b ($canadian);

Convert Canadian to British spelling. An option oxford controls whether to use Oxford spelling (realize rather than realise):

my $oxford_british = c2b ($canadian, oxford => 1);

AUTHOR

Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>

LICENCE

This program and associated files may be used, copied, distributed, and modified under the same terms as Perl itself.