Lingua/EN/Namegame version 0.02 =============================== 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.