docs: convert narrative US spellings to UK English - #201
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Project convention is UK English in documentation. Standard US technical terms (synchronization, serialization, initialization, finalize, deserialize, normalization) are kept unchanged because that is how they appear in the Java platform and wider ecosystem. Covers: behavior/behaviour, color/colour, favor/flavor/honor/labor, neighbor/endeavor -> -our forms; and -ize verbs outside the kept technical set (organize, recognize, realize, optimize, minimize, maximize, emphasize, utilize, summarize, customize, prioritize, generalize, analyze) -> -ise forms. Proper names such as Apache License are untouched. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Documentation uses UK English for narrative text. Standard US technical terms (synchronization, serialization, initialization, finalize, deserialize, normalization) are preserved because that is how they appear in the Java platform and wider ecosystem.
Changes:
Proper nouns (e.g. "Apache License") and third-party paths (e.g. jsr166/) are left alone.
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