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@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ blazing fast
 
 Blades is made to do one job and do it well - generate HTML files from the provided
 content using the provided templates.  
-Thanks to the amazing [Ramhorns](https://github.com/maciejhirsz/ramhorns) templating engine,
-[zero-copy](https://serde.rs/lifetimes.html#borrowing-data-in-a-derived-impl) deserialisation
-and [rayon](https://github.com/rayon-rs/rayon) parallel iterators, it renders the whole site in
-milliseconds, possibly more than [10 times](https://github.com/grego/ssg-bench) faster than other generators like Hugo.
+Thanks to [zero-copy](https://serde.rs/lifetimes.html#borrowing-data-in-a-derived-impl) deserialization
+and the [Ramhorns](https://github.com/maciejhirsz/ramhorns) templating engine,
+it renders the whole site in milliseconds, possibly more than
+[10 times](https://github.com/grego/ssg-bench) faster than other generators like Hugo.
 
 It's made for easy setup and use. A static site generator should be a no brainer.
 It uses [mustache](https://mustache.github.io/mustache.5.html) templates with extremely minimal
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ to let you focus on your content.
 * [CommonMark](https://commonmark.org) markdown with tables and footnotes for content
 * Automatic syntax highlighting using [cmark-syntax](https://github.com/grego/cmark-syntax)
   (with a possibility of turning LaTeX formulas into [MathML](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/MathML))
-* Customisable taxonomies (like categories or tags)
+* Customizable taxonomies (like categories or tags)
 * Pagination
 * Breadcrumbs
 * Asset colocation
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ sudo port install blades
 
 ## Running
 Then, you can run the executable `blades` with the following subcommands:
-* `init`: Initialise the site in the current directory, creating the basic files and folders
+* `init`: Initialize the site in the current directory, creating the basic files and folders
 * `build`: Build the site according to config, content, templates and themes in the current directory
 * `colocate`: Move the assets from the "assets" directory and from the theme, if one is used, into the output directory
 * `all`: Build the site and colocate the assets