Irish.py was Re: A Conlang-L FAQ, preliminary version

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On Sunday 07 April 2002 09:54 am, And Rosta wrote:
> andrew:
> > A search of the Conlang Archives produced 7 references to
> > 'agulunulating'.  In Item # 053686 16 November 2001 And Rosta claimed
> > its progenitor was Jack Durst, <quote>the best bad typist this list has
> > ever had the pleasure of seeing</quote>.
> >
> > This will now bring the search up 8 items :)
>
> Jack's mantle has, gratifyingly, been taken up by the returning Peter
> Clark, poccessor of extrenuous vowels.
>
> --And.
        Gee, I misspell one word and I am suddenly nominated to replace Jack? Well,
perhaps it is time to unleash my creation upon an unsuspecting list: IRISH
ENGLISH!!! <Insert screams here> Late last year, I stumbled across the
following link:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=803540&lastnode_id=46496 and
thought, "Self, that would be rather easy to implement in Python." And thus
irish.py was born. <Inserting lightning and thunder here.>
        Try reading this text (stolen from the site above): "Uerie little time did
it tache to get poor old Geppetto to prison. In the meantime that rascal,
Pinocchio, free nou from the clutches of the cop, uas running uildlie across
fields and meadous, taching one short cut after another touard home. In his
uild flight, he leaped ouer brambles and bushes, and across broocs and ponds,
as if he uere a goat or a hare chased bie hounds." Ta-da! Irish English!
        If you are interested, I have attached the code. Save it as "irish.py" and
include the text you want to convert in the command line, for instance,
"./irish.py irish.txt". Note that this will overwrite the file, so don't run
it on something you want to keep. If you are running a Windows box, you will
need to make the appropriate changes. Also, this has been tested only under
Python 1.5. I have not looked up the syntax for 2.2 (bad me). If anyone knows
Python 2.2 syntax and would be willing to make the necessary changes (if any
at all), please send it back to me.
        :Peter
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#!/usr/bin/python
# Licensed under the GPL by Peter Clark, 2001

import sys, string
for s in sys.stdin.readline():
  if s[0] == ">":
    sys.stdout.write(s)
  else:
    s = string.replace(s, "ay", "ae")
    s = string.replace(s, "ck", "ch")
    s = string.replace(s, "ey", "ie")
    s = string.replace(s, "ke", "che")
    s = string.replace(s, "ki", "chi")
    s = string.replace(s, "ye", "ie")
    s = string.replace(s, "j", "i")
    s = string.replace(s, "k", "c")
    s = string.replace(s, "q", "c")
    s = string.replace(s, "v", "u")
    s = string.replace(s, "w", "u")
    s = string.replace(s, "x", "gh")
    s = string.replace(s, "y", "ie")
    s = string.replace(s, "z", "s")
    sys.stdout.write(s)
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