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.