NAME
Lingua::EN::ABC - American, British, and Canadian English
SYNOPSIS
use Lingua::EN::ABC ':all';
my $colour = a2b ('color');DESCRIPTION
This is an experimental module. This module offers functions to convert between the spellings and vocabulary of American, British, and Canadian versions of English. The interface is described below.
FUNCTIONS
a2b
my $british = a2b ('color');
# $british = 'colour'.An option oxford controls whether to use Oxford spelling (realize rather than realise):
my $oxford_british = a2b ('realize', 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);SEE ALSO
This module's design is up for discussion. You can either use the Github issues page at https://github.com/benkasminbullock/Lingua-EN-ABC/issues or the Prepan site at http://prepan.org/module/nXWEF3to2nu.
The file containing the spelling variations is "abc.txt" in the top directory of the distribution.
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.