package Lingua::Bork;
use strict;
use warnings;
require Exporter;
use vars qw(@ISA %EXPORT_TAGS @EXPORT_OK $VERSION);
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
%EXPORT_TAGS = ( 'all' => [ 'bork' ] );
@EXPORT_OK = ( @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{'all'} } );
$VERSION = '0.03';
my %map = ( tion => 'shun', # tail only
the => 'zee', # full match
an => 'un',
au => 'oo',
en => 'ee', # tail only
ir => 'ur',
ow => 'oo',
# E => 'I', # head only
e => 'ea', # tail only
f => 'ff',
# i => 'ee', # first in word
o => 'u', # within word
u => 'oo',
v => 'f',
w => 'v',
);
sub new {
my $class = shift;
bless {}, ref($class)||$class;
}
sub bork {
local $_ = shift;
local $_ = shift if ref($_);
s/(tion\b|\bthe\b|an|au|en\b|ir|ow|e\b|f|\Bo\B|u|v|w)/my $trans = $map{lc $1}; $1 eq lc($1) ? $map{lc $1} : ucfirst($map{lc $1})/eig;
# first i in a word
s/(i)(\S+)/ $1 eq 'i' ? "ee$2" : "Ee$2" /eig;
# leading e
s/\b(e)(?!e)/ $1 eq 'e' ? 'i' : 'I' /eig;
s/([.!?])+/$1 Bork Bork Bork!/g;
return $_;
}
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Lingua::Bork - Perl extension for Bork Bork Bork
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Lingua::Bork 'bork';
print bork("This is the conjunction junction.")
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Bork Bork Bork.
=head1 EXPORT
None by default.
Can export bork function for convenience.
=head1 AUTHOR
Michael Ching, E<lt>michaelc@wush.netE<gt>
=head1 SEE ALSO
http://www.cs.yorku.ca/course_archive/2000-01/W/3311/assignments/a1.pdf
=head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
Automagically title cases words to distinguish start and end 'e'.
This man page is not in Bork Bork Bork.
=cut