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diff --git a/challenge-105/abigail/perl/ch-2.pl b/challenge-105/abigail/perl/ch-2.pl new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f551468315 --- /dev/null +++ b/challenge-105/abigail/perl/ch-2.pl @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +#!/opt/perl/bin/perl + +use 5.032; + +use strict; +use warnings; +no warnings 'syntax'; + +use experimental 'signatures'; +use experimental 'lexical_subs'; + +die << "--"; +This challenge is impossible. This is a children's game, played +with children who cannot read or write yet. The song is entirely +based on *sounds*. It is about how a name is pronounded, not how +it is written. + +How a name is pronounced depends on language, region, and parential +preference. + +For instance, what is the consonant sound starting names like Thom +(T?, Th?) or Christine (C?, Ch?, Chr?)? We cannot deduce that from +how it's written. + +And what to do with names starting with a silent consonant? The +Greek goddess of sand beaches, for instance, Psamathe. + +We might have a shot at solving this if the input were to be given +in IPA phonetic notation, but the one example given doesn't indicate +this is the intention. + +And we refuse to do something stupid as just blindly chopping off +the leading consonant (if any) of a name. No pre-schooler would +sing a different song for Tijs than they would for Thijs (names, +which in my language are pronounced identically) -- and rightly so, +because the game removes the leading consonant sound, which is not +necessarily the leading consonant when written. Besides, what is +the first consonant of \x{5b54}\x{592b}\x{5b50}? + +What to think about Victor? The name game has a special rule for +names starting with a 'b', 'f' or 'm' sound. There are languages +where the 'V' in Victor is very distinct from an 'f' sound -- and +there are languages where they are the same sound. Again, really +easy for pre-schoolers playing the game by sound; impossible to do +by text. + +And then we haven't tackled the syllable count yet. Kyle. One or two +syllables? +-- |