Here's the shortest that I could come up with:
s/\b((qu|[bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz]+)?([a-z]+))/$2?$3.$2."ay":$1."way"/eg
+;
Points to note:
- It handles multiple consonants at the start of the word (i.e. "this" comes "isthay")
- It handles 'qu'.
- It's terribly inefficient, but then, I guess that wasn't the point :)
Here's the full breakdown, if anyone's interested:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
my $test = "that is the time for all good men to come to the aid of th
+eir country.";
$test=~s/
\b # start of word
( # capture all to $1
( # this is $2
qu # word starts with qu
| # or
[bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz]+ # a consonent
)? # but it's optional
( # this is $3
[a-z]+ # rest of word
)
)
/$2 ? $3.$2."ay" : $1."way" /xeg; # if $2 evaluates as true
+then
# put it at end of word an
+d add "ay"
# otherwise, just add "way
+"
print $test;
Cheers,
Ovid
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