Lingua/EN/Namegame version 0.02
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NAME

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

VERSION

   This document describes version 0.02 of Lingua::EN::Namegame,
   released December 29, 2002.

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

 Regexp::Common

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

   Copyright (c) 2002, 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.