This problem is more than just shifting letters around

[Replies] [Reply] [View by Thread] [Help]
[Back To SNEAK Development Forum]

Cpt SAJChurchey

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_latin

I'm not sure if snarkles wanted us to follow this definition to the tee, but this is a far more complicated problem than most think. The transformation is based on sounds and not just letters. So you have to take things like silent 'h's into consideration when trying to code this. I'm going to be looking more into the linguistics of the English language, and see if we can code it somehow, basing our logic on certain letter combinations (dipthongs and what not) that are considered "vowel sounds."

I was actually pondering this particular problem last night. We could extend the user options to include hyphenation and the different "dialects;" that's if we want to follow the Wikipedia definition above.

Cpt SAJChurchey
C/O of Editorial
OSI Staff edit0r
OSI Feedback Representative

Replies:

The 2005 CyberArmy Pig Latin Contest! ;) - CinC snarkles 2005-04-05 15:57:41
- some perl solutions i came across ;) - Maj comet 2005-10-31 13:56:14
  - >This problem is more than just shifting letters around - Cpt SAJChurchey 2005-10-31 17:29:38 <
  - you show em' comet :-) -nt- - Ret. Mar Enstyne 2005-10-31 14:52:29
- RE: The 2005 CyberArmy Pig Latin Contest! ;) - Tr Blacklotis 2005-04-19 22:54:02
  - RE: The 2005 CyberArmy Pig Latin Contest! ;) - Cpt CyberTNT 2005-04-20 11:44:33
- RE: The 2005 CyberArmy Pig Latin Contest! ;) - 2nd Lt Urthogie 2005-04-11 12:51:04
  - This is a serious answer - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-11 18:53:18
- Prefixes - Ker Makat 2005-04-07 19:30:44
  - RE: Prefixes - CinC snarkles 2005-04-07 21:52:15
    - Well... - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-08 21:18:12
- General Question.... - Tr Darkstorm777 2005-04-07 18:46:06
  - Probably... - Ret. Gen D-Cypell 2005-04-07 18:56:11
    - RE: Probably... - CinC snarkles 2005-04-07 21:58:00
    - quantum computing :P nt - Lt CyberTNT 2005-04-07 19:28:26
- LOL! The pareto principal... up close and personal! nt - Ret. Gen D-Cypell 2005-04-06 18:14:33
- btw is there a RFC available? nt - Lt CyberTNT 2005-04-05 21:15:19
  - lol @ RFC :) - CinC snarkles 2005-04-05 23:17:42
    - RE: lol @ RFC :) - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-06 16:07:02
      - RE: lol @ RFC :) - CinC snarkles 2005-04-06 16:22:04
        Thats why i hate Pig Latin so much ... - Lt CyberTNT 2005-04-06 18:24:44
        Thx :) -nt- - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-06 16:30:29
    - RE: lol @ RFC :) - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-06 15:12:56
      - No hard-and-fast rules on that that I'm aware of... - CinC snarkles 2005-04-06 15:45:14
    - RE: lol @ RFC :) - Lt CyberTNT 2005-04-06 00:11:55
      - RE: lol @ RFC :) - CinC snarkles 2005-04-06 00:36:37
        RE: lol @ RFC :) - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-06 15:07:45
        Yeah, true... - CinC snarkles 2005-04-06 15:31:42
        RE: Yeah, true... - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-06 16:25:57
        No... - CinC snarkles 2005-04-06 16:51:40
        RE: No... - Tr flamebalrog 2005-04-06 22:40:10
        RE: No... - CinC snarkles 2005-04-07 01:38:33
        
        perfect, happy regex build to all :D nt - Lt CyberTNT 2005-04-06 00:54:29
- something for Phishy and his big regex :P nt - Lt CyberTNT 2005-04-05 17:35:50
  - its huge i tell you, massive -nt- - Maj Goldfish 2005-04-05 18:08:26

Guest:
Subject:
Message:	On 2005-10-31 17:29:38, SAJChurchey wrote >[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_latin[/url] > >I'm not sure if snarkles wanted us to follow this definition to the tee, but this is a far more complicated problem than most think. The transformation is based on sounds and not just letters. So you have to take things like silent 'h's into consideration when trying to code this. I'm going to be looking more into the linguistics of the English language, and see if we can code it somehow, basing our logic on certain letter combinations (dipthongs and what not) that are considered "vowel sounds." > >I was actually pondering this particular problem last night. We could extend the user options to include hyphenation and the different "dialects;" that's [b]if[/b] we want to follow the Wikipedia definition above.
Signature:
Optional Image Link:
http://

CyberArmy::Forum v0.6
Generated In 0.01137 seconds