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Make British spelling

Safe to mass find and replace:

  • yze –> yse
  • iza –> isa
  • color –> colour
  • honor –> honour
  • maneuver –> manoeuvre
  • armor –> armour
  • favor –> favour
  • travele –> travelle
  • laborer –> labourer
  • laborers –> labourers
  • recognized –> recognised
  • meager –> meagre
  • caliber –> calibre

Check manually:

  • fulfill –> fulfil
  • labor –> labour (watch out for inadvertently changing “elaborate” or “collaborate”)
  • ize –> ise (watch out for inadvertently changing “seize”)
  • izing –> ising (watch out for inadvertently changing “seizing”)
  • fense –> fence
  • eled –> elled
  • vior –> viour
  • center –> centre