NAME

Lingua::PigLatin - Perl extension for Pig Latin

SYNOPSIS

use Lingua::PigLatin 'piglatin';
print piglatin("Put the candle back.");

DESCRIPTION

This module translates strings into Pig Latin.

For any word starting with one or more consonants (including digraphs such as qu-, th-, sh-, ch-, gh-, wh-, or ph-), move the starting syllable to the end of the word and append -ay.

For any word starting with a vowel do not move the syllable, but append -way.

orFay anyway ordway tartingsay ithway oneway orway oremay onsonantscay (includingway igraphsday uchsay asway uqay-, htay-, hsay-, hcay-, hgay-, hway-, orway hpay-), ovemay ethay tartingsay yllablesay otay ethay endway ofway ethay ordway andway appendway -ayway.

orFay anyway ordway tartingsay ithway away owelvay oday otnay ovemay ethay yllablesay, utbay appendway -ayway.

EXPORT

None by default.

Can export piglatin function for convenience.

SEE ALSO

http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=3586

KNOWN PROBLEMS

Capitalization. Contractions.

AUTHOR

Jack Coates, <jack@monkeynoodle.org>>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009 by Jack Coates

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.