Lingua::EN::Nickname - Genealogical nickname matching (Liz=Beth)

  use Lingua::EN::Nickname;

  # Equivalent first names?
  $score= nickname_eq( $firstn_0, $firstn_1 );

  # Full, expanded, name(s) 
  @roots= nickroot( $firstn );

Nicknames, alternate spellings, and alternate etymological derivations make checking first name equivalence nearly impossible. This module will tell you that 'Maggie', 'Peg', and 'Margaret' are all probably the same name.

* USGenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.com/researchers/nicknames.html

* TNGenWeb Project http://www.tngenweb.usit.com/franklin/frannick.htm

* Chesnut Family Pages http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/nicknams.htm

* Ultimate Family Tree http://www.uftree.com/UFT/HowTos/SettingOut/nickname1.html

* Hire a team of experts to provide a more scientific, statistically accurate Name Etymology source file.

* Create more phoenetically-based sub-regexes.

* Detect simple monosyllabic truncation nicknames, be less certain about them, but match more.

* Pay more attention to gender.

Brian Lalonde, <brian@webcoder.info>

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