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;;; Ye Olde English name generator.
;;; It usually composes from a set of stock syllables that occur a lot (just
;;; look at an atlas), with the occasional totally random syllable thrown in.
;;; Sometimes the syllables are *too* random or else in an inappropriate
;;; context, but fixing that would require some context-sensitivity in the
;;; grammar.
(game-module "english"
(blurb "Random English place name synthesizer")
)
;;; just a test that other namers can be nonterminals
(namer english-metro-names (grammar root 9
(root (or 50 ("city of " english-place-names)
50 ("Metropolitan " english-place-names)))
))
(namer english-place-names (grammar root 9
(root (or 90 (word)
10 (prefix-word word)
5 (word connective word)
))
(word (or 60 (prefix suffix)
15 (prefix both)
40 (syllable suffix)
15 (both suffix)
; 5 (both "ing" suffix)
))
(prefix (or
2 south 2 north 2 east 2 west
;; probably not any yellow,orange,purple towns in England
3 black blue 2 green red brown gray 3 white
peter whit wash ; what else?
))
(prefix-word (or "lower " "upper " "new " "old " "great " "little "))
;;; s sometimes inserted randomly
(suffix (or
borough bury
cester chester
field ford
gate
hall ham hill house
ing ington ingston
land lea ley ly
minster mouth
ney
port
sea sey stable stead stone ; "sy" doesn't fit well, where to do it?
toke ton
well wich worth
))
(both (or
brook field kirk water
))
(connective (or 2 "-upon-" 4 "-on-" "-in-" "-over-" "-under-"))
(syllable (or (start vowel) (vowel end) 3 (start vowel end)))
(start (or 3 initdiph 7 startcons))
(end (or 4 enddiph 4 endcons))
(vowel (or 5 a 9 e 2 i 3 o 2 u y ey))
(startcons (or
2 b 2 c 3 d 2 f 2 g 3 h j 2 k 3 l 3 m
6 n 3 p 4 r 5 s 9 t 2 w ))
(endcons (or
3 d 2 g 3 l 3 m
6 n 4 r 5 s 9 t 2 w ))
(initdiph (or
bl cl fl gl pl sl
br cr dr fr gr pr 3 tr wr
3 ch 3 sh 3 th wh
2 sm 2 sp 4 st sw
))
(enddiph (or
ld lf lk ll lm ln lp ls lt
rd rf rk rl rm rn rp rs rt
mp
3 nd 2 ng nk 3 nt
; gh ; hard to say...
))
))
; cons vowel (or r l) vowel cons - as in "Salis"