Re^2: Fun with words (Golf?)

[Anonymous Monk]

using s/// to detect the punctuation, and it can be shorter still:

while(<DATA>){for(@x=split){s/([.,]?)$//;$s=substr$_,0,1,'';
$e=chop;$s.=substr$_,rand(length),1,''while$_;$_="$s$e$1"}
print"@x\n"}