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autopun - Phonetically Reparse an English Phrase 

SYNTAX
    autopun [-e English_dict] [-p Phone_dict]
    autopun [-e English_dict] -c -p Phone_dict

OPTIONS
    -e specifies which English word list to read instead of the default,
    /usr/dict/words.

    -p specifies the encoded phonetic word list to read instead of an
    English word list (see -c).

    -c creates (rather than reads) the given phonetic word list.
    The -c option requires that the -p option be used.
    (this is how a phonetic word list is created.)

DESCRIPTION
    Autopun generates (to standard-out) a table of phonetic reparsings
    of the given English phrase (from standard-in).  The table is useful
    for generating rebus, punch-lines for shaggy-dog stories, and other
    perversions of spoken English.

    For efficiency, autopun can read from a previously-encoded phonetic
    word list rather than an unencoded English dictionary.

EXAMPLES
	$ autopun -c -p phdict

    If the phrase "Merry Christmas" is typed as standard-input to the
    above command, autopun will generate the following table and (as
    a side-effect) create the phonetic word list, phdict, for later use.

	Merry Christmas
	00:
	  merry:04 murre:03 moo:02
	02:
	  wreak:05 rick:05 reek:05 re:04
	03:
	  eke:05
	04:
	  Christmas:$  Christ:09
	05:
	  wrist:09 re:07
	07:
	  St.:09 St:09
	09:
	  mush:$  mouse:$  moss:$  mass:$  mash:$ 

    To (manually) generate a new phrase from the above table, start
    at the list marked "0".  Pick an interesting word from that list,
    such as "moo".  Go to the list whose number appears to the right
    of the selected word (list 02 in this case).  Repeat the process
    until the table says to go to list "$".  Following this procedure
    might produce the phrase "Moo wreak wrist moss".

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
    Autopun blindly believes that the word list contains all interesting
    words and that everything in the word list is interesting.  Careful
    editing of the English word list can correct these problems.

    Autopun doesn't know how to pronounce abbreviations, punctuation,
    or numerals.

    This man page is not in Man format because our copy of the man macros
    has been "improved" to the point that I cannot generate a standard
    man page.  Credit goes to nroff for having a macro language obscure
    enough to be a temptation to the undisciplined.

FILES
    /usr/dict/words