Lingua/EN/Namegame version 0.05

NAME

Lingua::EN::Namegame - Creates a "Name-Game" verse from a name (or word)

SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::EN::Namegame;

$verse = name2verse ('Marsha');

print $verse;

Or, more simply, at your OS command prompt:

name2verse Marsha # script provided with module

Output

            Marsha Marsha 
                bo Barsha, 
                    Banana Fanna Fo Farsha, 
                        Fee Fi Mo-arsha
                            MARSHA!

Or, for extra policital correctness

name2verse_nonprofane Chuck # script provided with module

Output

Sorry, the verse for Chuck contains a profane word.

DESCRIPTION

name2verse is a subroutine that generates a rhyming verse based on a name (or word), in accordance with the "rhyming algorithm" documented in the lyrics of the famous 1960's song The Name Game, by Shirley Ellis.

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

DEPENDENCIES

None for the module itself, but one sample script provided requires Regexp::Common

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2002-2003, Timothy F. Maher. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.