I'm currently working on NLP in python. However, in my corpus, there are both British and American English(realize/realise) I'm thinking to convert British to American. However, I did not find a good tool/package to do that. Any suggestions?
I've not been able to find a package either, but try this:
(Note that I've had to trim the us2gb dictionary substantially for it to fit within the Stack Overflow character limit - you'll have to rebuild this yourself).
# Based on Shengy's code:
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18840640/python-2-7-find-and-replace-from-text-file-using-dictionary-to-new-text-file
def replace_all(text, mydict):
for gb, us in mydict.items():
text = text.replace(us, gb)
return text
# List of d differences taken from:
# http://www.tysto.com/uk-us-spelling-list.html
#
# key/value pairs can be added if required
us2gb = {'accessorize': 'accessorise',
'accessorized': 'accessorised',
'accessorizes': 'accessorises',
'accessorizing': 'accessorising',
'acclimatization': 'acclimatisation',
'acclimatize': 'acclimatise',
'acclimatized': 'acclimatised',
'acclimatizes': 'acclimatises',
'acclimatizing': 'acclimatising',
'accouterments': 'accoutrements',
'aerogram': 'aerogramme',
'aerograms': 'aerogrammes',
'aggrandizement': 'aggrandisement',
'aging': 'ageing',
'agonize': 'agonise',
'agonized': 'agonised',
'agonizes': 'agonises',
'agonizing': 'agonising',
'agonizingly': 'agonisingly',
'airplane': 'aeroplane',
'airplanes ': 'aeroplanes ',
'almanac': 'almanack',
'almanacs': 'almanacks',
'aluminum': 'aluminium',
'amortizable': 'amortisable',
'amortization': 'amortisation',
'amortizations': 'amortisations',
'amortize': 'amortise',
'amortized': 'amortised',
'amortizes': 'amortises',
'amortizing': 'amortising',
'amphitheater': 'amphitheatre',
'amphitheaters': 'amphitheatres',
'analog': 'analogue',
'analogs': 'analogues',
'analyze': 'analyse',
'analyzed': 'analysed',
'analyzes': 'analyses',
'analyzing': 'analysing',
'anemia': 'anaemia',
'anemic': 'anaemic',
'anesthesia': 'anaesthesia',
'anesthetic': 'anaesthetic',
'anesthetics': 'anaesthetics',
'anesthetist': 'anaesthetist',
'anesthetists': 'anaesthetists',
'anesthetize': 'anaesthetize',
'anesthetized': 'anaesthetized',
'anesthetizes': 'anaesthetizes',
'anesthetizing': 'anaesthetizing',
'anglicize': 'anglicise',
'anglicized': 'anglicised',
'anglicizes': 'anglicises',
'anglicizing': 'anglicising',
'annualized': 'annualised',
'antagonize': 'antagonise',
'antagonized': 'antagonised',
'antagonizes': 'antagonises',
'antagonizing': 'antagonising',
'apologize': 'apologise',
'apologized': 'apologised',
'apologizes': 'apologises',
'apologizing': 'apologising',
'appall': 'appal',
'appalls': 'appals',
'appetizer': 'appetiser',
'appetizers': 'appetisers',
'appetizing': 'appetising',
'appetizingly': 'appetisingly',
'arbor': 'arbour',
'arbors': 'arbours',
'archeological': 'archaeological',
'archeologically': 'archaeologically',
'archeologist': 'archaeologist',
'archeologists': 'archaeologists',
'archeology': 'archaeology',
'ardor': 'ardour',
'armor': 'armour',
'armored': 'armoured',
'armorer': 'armourer',
'armorers': 'armourers',
'armories': 'armouries',
'armory': 'armoury',
'artifact': 'artefact',
'artifacts': 'artefacts',
'authorize': 'authorise',
'authorized': 'authorised',
'authorizes': 'authorises',
'authorizing': 'authorising',
'ax': 'axe',
'backpedaled': 'backpedalled',
'backpedaling': 'backpedalling',
'balk': 'baulk',
'balked': 'baulked',
'balking': 'baulking',
'balks': 'baulks',
'banister': 'bannister',
'banisters': 'bannisters',
'baptize': 'baptise',
'baptized': 'baptised',
'baptizes': 'baptises',
'baptizing': 'baptising',
'bastardize': 'bastardise',
'bastardized': 'bastardised',
'bastardizes': 'bastardises',
'bastardizing': 'bastardising',
'battleax': 'battleaxe',
'bedeviled': 'bedevilled',
'bedeviling': 'bedevilling',
'behavior': 'behaviour',
'behavioral': 'behavioural',
'behaviorism': 'behaviourism',
'behaviorist': 'behaviourist',
'behaviorists': 'behaviourists',
'behaviors': 'behaviours',
'behoove': 'behove',
'behooved': 'behoved',
'behooves': 'behoves',
'bejeweled': 'bejewelled',
'belabor': 'belabour',
'belabored': 'belaboured',
'belaboring': 'belabouring',
'belabors': 'belabours',
'beveled': 'bevelled',
'bevies': 'bevvies',
'bevy': 'bevvy',
'biased': 'biassed',
'biasing': 'biassing',
'binging': 'bingeing',
'bougainvillea': 'bougainvillaea',
'bougainvilleas': 'bougainvillaeas',
'bowdlerize': 'bowdlerise',
'bowdlerized': 'bowdlerised',
'bowdlerizes': 'bowdlerises',
'bowdlerizing': 'bowdlerising',
'breathalyze': 'breathalyse',
'breathalyzed': 'breathalysed',
'breathalyzer': 'breathalyser',
'breathalyzers': 'breathalysers',
'breathalyzes': 'breathalyses',
'breathalyzing': 'breathalysing',
'brutalize': 'brutalise',
'brutalized': 'brutalised',
'brutalizes': 'brutalises',
'brutalizing': 'brutalising',
'busses': 'buses',
'bussing': 'busing',
'caliber': 'calibre',
'calibers': 'calibres',
'caliper': 'calliper',
'calipers': 'callipers',
'calisthenics': 'callisthenics',
'canalize': 'canalise',
'canalized': 'canalised',
'canalizes': 'canalises',
'canalizing': 'canalising',
'cancelation': 'cancellation',
'cancelations': 'cancellations',
'canceled': 'cancelled',
'canceling': 'cancelling',
'candor': 'candour',
'cannibalize': 'cannibalise',
'cannibalized': 'cannibalised',
'cannibalizes': 'cannibalises',
'cannibalizing': 'cannibalising',
'canonize': 'canonise',
'canonized': 'canonised',
'canonizes': 'canonises',
'canonizing': 'canonising',
'capitalize': 'capitalise',
'capitalized': 'capitalised',
'capitalizes': 'capitalises',
'capitalizing': 'capitalising',
'caramelize': 'caramelise',
'caramelized': 'caramelised',
'caramelizes': 'caramelises',
'caramelizing': 'caramelising',
'carbonize': 'carbonise',
'carbonized': 'carbonised',
'carbonizes': 'carbonises',
'carbonizing': 'carbonising',
'caroled': 'carolled',
'caroling': 'carolling',
'catalog': 'catalogue',
'cataloged': 'catalogued',
'cataloging': 'cataloguing',
'catalogs': 'catalogues',
'catalyze': 'catalyse',
'catalyzed': 'catalysed',
'catalyzes': 'catalyses',
'catalyzing': 'catalysing',
'categorize': 'categorise',
'categorized': 'categorised',
'categorizes': 'categorises',
'categorizing': 'categorising',
'cauterize': 'cauterise',
'cauterized': 'cauterised',
'cauterizes': 'cauterises',
'cauterizing': 'cauterising',
'caviled': 'cavilled',
'caviling': 'cavilling',
'center': 'centre',
'centered': 'centred',
'centerfold': 'centrefold',
'centerfolds': 'centrefolds',
'centerpiece': 'centrepiece',
'centerpieces': 'centrepieces',
'centers': 'centres',
'centigram': 'centigramme',
'centigrams': 'centigrammes',
'centiliter': 'centilitre',
'centiliters': 'centilitres',
'centimeter': 'centimetre',
'centimeters': 'centimetres',
'centralize': 'centralise',
'centralized': 'centralised',
'centralizes': 'centralises',
'centralizing': 'centralising',
'cesarean': 'caesarean',
'cesareans': 'caesareans',
'channeled': 'channelled',
'channeling': 'channelling',
'characterize': 'characterise',
'characterized': 'characterised',
'characterizes': 'characterises',
'characterizing': 'characterising',
'check': 'cheque',
'checkbook': 'chequebook',
'checkbooks': 'chequebooks',
'checkered': 'chequered',
'checks': 'cheques',
'chili': 'chilli',
'chimera': 'chimaera',
'chimeras': 'chimaeras',
'chiseled': 'chiselled',
'chiseling': 'chiselling',
'cipher': 'cypher',
'ciphers': 'cyphers',
'circularize': 'circularise',
'circularized': 'circularised',
'circularizes': 'circularises',
'circularizing': 'circularising',
'civilize': 'civilise',
'civilized': 'civilised',
'civilizes': 'civilises',
'civilizing': 'civilising',
'clamor': 'clamour',
'clamored': 'clamoured',
'clamoring': 'clamouring',
'clamors': 'clamours',
'clangor': 'clangour',
'clarinetist': 'clarinettist',
'clarinetists': 'clarinettists',
'collectivize': 'collectivise',
'collectivized': 'collectivised',
'collectivizes': 'collectivises',
'collectivizing': 'collectivising',
'colonization': 'colonisation',
'colonize': 'colonise',
'colonized': 'colonised',
'colonizer': 'coloniser',
'colonizers': 'colonisers',
'colonizes': 'colonises',
'colonizing': 'colonising',
'color': 'colour',
'colorant': 'colourant',
'colorants': 'colourants',
'colored': 'coloured',
'coloreds': 'coloureds',
'colorful': 'colourful',
'colorfully': 'colourfully',
'coloring': 'colouring',
'colorize': 'colourize',
'colorized': 'colourized',
'colorizes': 'colourizes',
'colorizing': 'colourizing',
'colorless': 'colourless',
'colors': 'colours',
'commercialize': 'commercialise',
'commercialized': 'commercialised',
'commercializes': 'commercialises',
'commercializing': 'commercialising',
'compartmentalize': 'compartmentalise',
'compartmentalized': 'compartmentalised',
'compartmentalizes': 'compartmentalises',
'compartmentalizing': 'compartmentalising',
'computerize': 'computerise',
'computerized': 'computerised',
'computerizes': 'computerises',
'computerizing': 'computerising',
'conceptualize': 'conceptualise',
'conceptualized': 'conceptualised',
'conceptualizes': 'conceptualises',
'conceptualizing': 'conceptualising',
'connection': 'connexion',
'connections': 'connexions',
'contextualize': 'contextualise',
'contextualized': 'contextualised',
'contextualizes': 'contextualises',
'contextualizing': 'contextualising',
'councilor': 'councillor',
'councilors': 'councillors',
'counseled': 'counselled',
'counseling': 'counselling',
'counselor': 'counsellor',
'counselors': 'counsellors',
'cozier': 'cosier',
'cozies': 'cosies',
'coziest': 'cosiest',
'cozily': 'cosily',
'coziness': 'cosiness',
'cozy': 'cosy',
'crenelated': 'crenellated',
'criminalize': 'criminalise',
'criminalized': 'criminalised',
'criminalizes': 'criminalises',
'criminalizing': 'criminalising',
'criticize': 'criticise',
'criticized': 'criticised',
'criticizes': 'criticises',
'criticizing': 'criticising',
'crueler': 'crueller',
'cruelest': 'cruellest',
'crystallization': 'crystallisation',
'crystallize': 'crystallise',
'crystallized': 'crystallised',
'crystallizes': 'crystallises',
'crystallizing': 'crystallising',
'cudgeled': 'cudgelled',
'cudgeling': 'cudgelling',
'customize': 'customise',
'customized': 'customised',
'customizes': 'customises',
'customizing': 'customising',
'decentralization': 'decentralisation',
'decentralize': 'decentralise',
'decentralized': 'decentralised',
'decentralizes': 'decentralises',
'decentralizing': 'decentralising',
'decriminalization': 'decriminalisation',
'decriminalize': 'decriminalise',
'decriminalized': 'decriminalised',
'decriminalizes': 'decriminalises',
'decriminalizing': 'decriminalising',
'defense': 'defence',
'defenseless': 'defenceless',
'defenses': 'defences',
'dehumanization': 'dehumanisation',
'dehumanize': 'dehumanise',
'dehumanized': 'dehumanised',
'dehumanizes': 'dehumanises',
'dehumanizing': 'dehumanising',
'demeanor': 'demeanour',
'demilitarization': 'demilitarisation',
'demilitarize': 'demilitarise',
'demilitarized': 'demilitarised',
'demilitarizes': 'demilitarises',
'demilitarizing': 'demilitarising',
'demobilization': 'demobilisation',
'demobilize': 'demobilise',
'demobilized': 'demobilised',
'demobilizes': 'demobilises',
'demobilizing': 'demobilising',
'democratization': 'democratisation',
'democratize': 'democratise',
'democratized': 'democratised',
'democratizes': 'democratises',
'democratizing': 'democratising',
'demonize': 'demonise',
'demonized': 'demonised',
'demonizes': 'demonises',
'demonizing': 'demonising',
'demoralization': 'demoralisation',
'demoralize': 'demoralise',
'demoralized': 'demoralised',
'demoralizes': 'demoralises',
'demoralizing': 'demoralising',
'denationalization': 'denationalisation',
'denationalize': 'denationalise',
'denationalized': 'denationalised',
'denationalizes': 'denationalises',
'denationalizing': 'denationalising',
'deodorize': 'deodorise',
'deodorized': 'deodorised',
'deodorizes': 'deodorises',
'deodorizing': 'deodorising',
'depersonalize': 'depersonalise',
'depersonalized': 'depersonalised',
'depersonalizes': 'depersonalises',
'depersonalizing': 'depersonalising',
'deputize': 'deputise',
'deputized': 'deputised',
'deputizes': 'deputises',
'deputizing': 'deputising',
'desensitization': 'desensitisation',
'desensitize': 'desensitise',
'desensitized': 'desensitised',
'desensitizes': 'desensitises',
'desensitizing': 'desensitising',
'destabilization': 'destabilisation',
'destabilize': 'destabilise',
'destabilized': 'destabilised',
'destabilizes': 'destabilises',
'destabilizing': 'destabilising',
'dialed': 'dialled',
'dialing': 'dialling',
'dialog': 'dialogue',
'dialogs': 'dialogues',
'diarrhea': 'diarrhoea',
'digitize': 'digitise',
'digitized': 'digitised',
'digitizes': 'digitises',
'digitizing': 'digitising',
'discolor': 'discolour',
'discolored': 'discoloured',
'discoloring': 'discolouring',
'discolors': 'discolours',
'disemboweled': 'disembowelled',
'disemboweling': 'disembowelling',
'disfavor': 'disfavour',
'disheveled': 'dishevelled',
'passivizes': 'passivises',
'passivizing': 'passivising',
'pasteurization': 'pasteurisation',
'pasteurize': 'pasteurise',
'pasteurized': 'pasteurised',
'pasteurizes': 'pasteurises',
'pasteurizing': 'pasteurising',
'patronize': 'patronise',
'patronized': 'patronised',
'patronizes': 'patronises',
'patronizing': 'patronising',
'patronizingly': 'patronisingly',
'pedaled': 'pedalled',
'pedaling': 'pedalling',
'pederast': 'paederast',
'pederasts': 'paederasts',
'pedestrianization': 'pedestrianisation',
'pedestrianize': 'pedestrianise',
'pedestrianized': 'pedestrianised',
'pedestrianizes': 'pedestrianises',
'pedestrianizing': 'pedestrianising',
'pediatric': 'paediatric',
'pediatrician': 'paediatrician',
'pediatricians': 'paediatricians',
'pediatrics': 'paediatrics',
'pedophile': 'paedophile',
'pedophiles': 'paedophiles',
'pedophilia': 'paedophilia',
'penalize': 'penalise',
'penalized': 'penalised',
'penalizes': 'penalises',
'penalizing': 'penalising',
'penciled': 'pencilled',
'penciling': 'pencilling',
'personalize': 'personalise',
'personalized': 'personalised',
'personalizes': 'personalises',
'personalizing': 'personalising',
'pharmacopeia': 'pharmacopoeia',
'pharmacopeias': 'pharmacopoeias',
'philosophize': 'philosophise',
'philosophized': 'philosophised',
'philosophizes': 'philosophises',
'philosophizing': 'philosophising',
'phony ': 'phoney ',
'pizzazz': 'pzazz',
'plagiarize': 'plagiarise',
'plagiarized': 'plagiarised',
'plagiarizes': 'plagiarises',
'plagiarizing': 'plagiarising',
'plow': 'plough',
'plowed': 'ploughed',
'plowing': 'ploughing',
'plowman': 'ploughman',
'plowmen': 'ploughmen',
'plows': 'ploughs',
'plowshare': 'ploughshare',
'plowshares': 'ploughshares',
'polarization': 'polarisation',
'polarize': 'polarise',
'polarized': 'polarised',
'polarizes': 'polarises',
'polarizing': 'polarising',
'politicization': 'politicisation',
'politicize': 'politicise',
'politicized': 'politicised',
'politicizes': 'politicises',
'politicizing': 'politicising',
'popularization': 'popularisation',
'popularize': 'popularise',
'popularized': 'popularised',
'popularizes': 'popularises',
'popularizing': 'popularising',
'pouf': 'pouffe',
'poufs': 'pouffes',
'practice': 'practise',
'practiced': 'practised',
'practices': 'practises',
'practicing ': 'practising ',
'presidium': 'praesidium',
'presidiums ': 'praesidiums ',
'pressurization': 'pressurisation',
'pressurize': 'pressurise',
'pressurized': 'pressurised',
'pressurizes': 'pressurises',
'pressurizing': 'pressurising',
'pretense': 'pretence',
'pretenses': 'pretences',
'primeval': 'primaeval',
'prioritization': 'prioritisation',
'prioritize': 'prioritise',
'prioritized': 'prioritised',
'prioritizes': 'prioritises',
'prioritizing': 'prioritising',
'privatization': 'privatisation',
'privatizations': 'privatisations',
'privatize': 'privatise',
'privatized': 'privatised',
'privatizes': 'privatises',
'privatizing': 'privatising',
'professionalization': 'professionalisation',
'professionalize': 'professionalise',
'professionalized': 'professionalised',
'professionalizes': 'professionalises',
'professionalizing': 'professionalising',
'program': 'programme',
'programs': 'programmes',
'prolog': 'prologue',
'prologs': 'prologues',
'propagandize': 'propagandise',
'propagandized': 'propagandised',
'propagandizes': 'propagandises',
'propagandizing': 'propagandising',
'proselytize': 'proselytise',
'proselytized': 'proselytised',
'proselytizer': 'proselytiser',
'proselytizers': 'proselytisers',
'proselytizes': 'proselytises',
'proselytizing': 'proselytising',
'psychoanalyze': 'psychoanalyse',
'psychoanalyzed': 'psychoanalysed',
'psychoanalyzes': 'psychoanalyses',
'psychoanalyzing': 'psychoanalysing',
'publicize': 'publicise',
'publicized': 'publicised',
'publicizes': 'publicises',
'publicizing': 'publicising',
'pulverization': 'pulverisation',
'pulverize': 'pulverise',
'pulverized': 'pulverised',
'pulverizes': 'pulverises',
'pulverizing': 'pulverising',
'pummel': 'pummelled',
'pummeled': 'pummelling',
'quarreled': 'quarrelled',
'quarreling': 'quarrelling',
'radicalize': 'radicalise',
'radicalized': 'radicalised',
'radicalizes': 'radicalises',
'radicalizing': 'radicalising',
'rancor': 'rancour',
'randomize': 'randomise',
'randomized': 'randomised',
'randomizes': 'randomises',
'randomizing': 'randomising',
'rationalization': 'rationalisation',
'rationalizations': 'rationalisations',
'rationalize': 'rationalise',
'rationalized': 'rationalised',
'rationalizes': 'rationalises',
'rationalizing': 'rationalising',
'raveled': 'ravelled',
'raveling': 'ravelling',
'realizable': 'realisable',
'realization': 'realisation',
'realizations': 'realisations',
'realize': 'realise',
'realized': 'realised',
'realizes': 'realises',
'realizing': 'realising',
'recognizable': 'recognisable',
'recognizably': 'recognisably',
'recognizance': 'recognisance',
'recognize': 'recognise',
'recognized': 'recognised',
'recognizes': 'recognises',
'recognizing': 'recognising',
'reconnoiter': 'reconnoitre',
'reconnoitered': 'reconnoitred',
'reconnoitering': 'reconnoitring',
'reconnoiters': 'reconnoitres',
'refueled': 'refuelled',
'refueling': 'refuelling',
'regularization': 'regularisation',
'regularize': 'regularise',
'regularized': 'regularised',
'regularizes': 'regularises',
'regularizing': 'regularising',
'remodeled': 'remodelled',
'remodeling': 'remodelling',
'remold': 'remould',
'remolded': 'remoulded',
'remolding': 'remoulding',
'remolds': 'remoulds',
'reorganization': 'reorganisation',
'reorganizations': 'reorganisations',
'reorganize': 'reorganise',
'reorganized': 'reorganised',
'reorganizes': 'reorganises',
'reorganizing': 'reorganising',
'reveled': 'revelled',
'reveler': 'reveller',
'revelers': 'revellers',
'reveling': 'revelling',
'revitalize': 'revitalise',
'revitalized': 'revitalised',
'revitalizes': 'revitalises',
'revitalizing': 'revitalising',
'revolutionize': 'revolutionise',
'revolutionized': 'revolutionised',
'revolutionizes': 'revolutionises',
'revolutionizing': 'revolutionising',
'rhapsodize': 'rhapsodise',
'rhapsodized': 'rhapsodised',
'rhapsodizes': 'rhapsodises',
'rhapsodizing': 'rhapsodising',
'rigor': 'rigour',
'rigors': 'rigours',
'ritualized': 'ritualised',
'rivaled': 'rivalled',
'rivaling': 'rivalling',
'romanticize': 'romanticise',
'romanticized': 'romanticised',
'romanticizes': 'romanticises',
'romanticizing': 'romanticising',
'rumor': 'rumour',
'rumored': 'rumoured',
'rumors': 'rumours',
'saber': 'sabre',
'sabers': 'sabres',
'saltpeter': 'saltpetre',
'sanitize': 'sanitise',
'sanitized': 'sanitised',
'sanitizes': 'sanitises',
'sanitizing': 'sanitising',
'satirize': 'satirise',
'satirized': 'satirised',
'satirizes': 'satirises',
'satirizing': 'satirising',
'savior': 'saviour',
'saviors': 'saviours',
'savor': 'savour',
'savored': 'savoured',
'savories': 'savouries',
'savoring': 'savouring',
'savors': 'savours',
'savory': 'savoury',
'scandalize': 'scandalise',
'scandalized': 'scandalised',
'scandalizes': 'scandalises',
'scandalizing': 'scandalising',
'scepter': 'sceptre',
'scepters': 'sceptres',
'scrutinize': 'scrutinise',
'scrutinized': 'scrutinised',
'scrutinizes': 'scrutinises',
'scrutinizing': 'scrutinising',
'secularization': 'secularisation',
'secularize': 'secularise',
'secularized': 'secularised',
'secularizes': 'secularises',
'secularizing': 'secularising',
'sensationalize': 'sensationalise',
'sensationalized': 'sensationalised',
'sensationalizes': 'sensationalises',
'sensationalizing': 'sensationalising',
'sensitize': 'sensitise',
'sensitized': 'sensitised',
'sensitizes': 'sensitises',
'sensitizing': 'sensitising',
'sentimentalize': 'sentimentalise',
'sentimentalized': 'sentimentalised',
'sentimentalizes': 'sentimentalises',
'sentimentalizing': 'sentimentalising',
'sepulcher': 'sepulchre',
'sepulchers ': 'sepulchres',
'serialization': 'serialisation',
'serializations': 'serialisations',
'serialize': 'serialise',
'serialized': 'serialised',
'serializes': 'serialises',
'serializing': 'serialising',
'sermonize': 'sermonise',
'sermonized': 'sermonised',
'sermonizes': 'sermonises',
'sermonizing': 'sermonising',
'sheik ': 'sheikh ',
'shoveled': 'shovelled',
'shoveling': 'shovelling',
'shriveled': 'shrivelled',
'shriveling': 'shrivelling',
'signaled': 'signalled',
'signaling': 'signalling',
'signalize': 'signalise',
'signalized': 'signalised',
'signalizes': 'signalises',
'signalizing': 'signalising',
'siphon': 'syphon',
'siphoned': 'syphoned',
'siphoning': 'syphoning',
'siphons': 'syphons',
'skeptic': 'sceptic',
'skeptical': 'sceptical',
'skeptically': 'sceptically',
'skepticism': 'scepticism',
'skeptics': 'sceptics',
'smolder': 'smoulder',
'smoldered': 'smouldered',
'smoldering': 'smouldering',
'smolders': 'smoulders',
'sniveled': 'snivelled',
'sniveling': 'snivelling',
'snorkeled': 'snorkelled',
'snorkeling': 'snorkelling',
'snowplow': 'snowploughs',
'socialization': 'socialisation',
'socialize': 'socialise',
'socialized': 'socialised',
'socializes': 'socialises',
'socializing': 'socialising',
'sodomize': 'sodomise',
'sodomized': 'sodomised',
'sodomizes': 'sodomises',
'sodomizing': 'sodomising',
'solemnize': 'solemnise',
'solemnized': 'solemnised',
'solemnizes': 'solemnises',
'solemnizing': 'solemnising',
'somber': 'sombre',
'specialization': 'specialisation',
'specializations': 'specialisations',
'specialize': 'specialise',
'specialized': 'specialised',
'specializes': 'specialises',
'specializing': 'specialising',
'specter': 'spectre',
'specters': 'spectres',
'spiraled': 'spiralled',
'spiraling': 'spiralling',
'splendor': 'splendour',
'splendors': 'splendours',
'squirreled': 'squirrelled',
'squirreling': 'squirrelling',
'stabilization': 'stabilisation',
'stabilize': 'stabilise',
'stabilized': 'stabilised',
'stabilizer': 'stabiliser',
'stabilizers': 'stabilisers',
'stabilizes': 'stabilises',
'stabilizing': 'stabilising',
'standardization': 'standardisation',
'standardize': 'standardise',
'standardized': 'standardised',
'standardizes': 'standardises',
'standardizing': 'standardising',
'stenciled': 'stencilled',
'stenciling': 'stencilling',
'sterilization': 'sterilisation',
'sterilizations': 'sterilisations',
'sterilize': 'sterilise',
'sterilized': 'sterilised',
'sterilizer': 'steriliser',
'sterilizers': 'sterilisers',
'sterilizes': 'sterilises',
'sterilizing': 'sterilising',
'stigmatization': 'stigmatisation',
'stigmatize': 'stigmatise',
'stigmatized': 'stigmatised',
'stigmatizes': 'stigmatises',
'stigmatizing': 'stigmatising',
'stories': 'storeys',
'story': 'storey',
'subsidization': 'subsidisation',
'subsidize': 'subsidise',
'subsidized': 'subsidised',
'subsidizer': 'subsidiser',
'subsidizers': 'subsidisers',
'subsidizes': 'subsidises',
'subsidizing': 'subsidising',
'succor': 'succour',
'succored': 'succoured',
'succoring': 'succouring',
'succors': 'succours',
'sulfate': 'sulphate',
'sulfates': 'sulphates',
'sulfide': 'sulphide',
'sulfides': 'sulphides',
'sulfur': 'sulphur',
'sulfurous': 'sulphurous'}
gb_text = "I realise I can see the world in colour but I can't vocalise its splendour"
us_text = replace_all(gb_text, us2gb)
print ("GB:", gb_text)
print ("----------------------------------------------------------------------------")
print ("US:", us_text)
This will output:
# OUTPUT
# >>> GB: I realise I can see the world in colour but I can't vocalise its splendour
# >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# >>> US: I realize I can see the world in color but I can't vocalize its splendor
Bear in mind that the Oxford variety of British English also uses -ize suffixes, so it's not simply a case of -ize being American and -ise being British.
There's a good article here that explores the intricacies: