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Nice. I wonder what methods and tools did you use for defining pronouncability. Care to share some tips? Just curious about language-oriented programming.

by runnel 12y ago

JosephRedfern 12y ago
I also wonder what differences there are between a word that is, say 80% pronounceable, and one that is 60% pronounceable. Is it not a binary thing?
davman 12y ago
I'm not entirely sure it is functioning correctly, I'm struggling to pronounce: 100% thlla.com 100% sohyw.com etc. I like the idea though.
- iopq 12y ago
  sohyw I would imagine would be pronounced "so hew" so according to the algorithm it's pronounceable but really the domain name I want is one that is SPELLABLE, not pronounceable
  - hyperpape 12y ago
    Not just that, you need it to be unambiguous. So "gitmy" (one that's mentioned below) is pretty dodgy, because it might sound too much like "getmy".
- giarc 12y ago
  ryjof.com 100% pronounceable.
BjoernKW 12y ago
Off the cuff I'd use a phonetic algorithm such as Soundex or Metaphone for mapping strings to abstract phonetic representations. These could then be run through simple regular expression pattern matching. There's a fairly limited set of syllable structures in English that make for pronounceable words. As with many linguistic algorithms this approach is not language-agnostic though. If you wanted to predict the pronounceability for a language other than English you'd need different algorithms and patterns. A much more sophisticated approach (as opposed to the heuristic one above) would involve training a Markov model (with characters as states). More probable words (i.e. those containing a likely sequence of characters) are more likely to be easily pronounceable.
timothya 12y ago
It appears to me (from my quick glance through it) that all of the domains follow the pattern of alternating consonants and vowels (with an additional rule which is that it allows for two identical consonants in a row, e.g. "mm" or "ll"). Combinations of letters which alternate between vowels and consonants are typically at least somewhat pronounceable.

Nice. I wonder what methods and tools did you use for defining pronouncability. Care to share some tips? Just curious about language-oriented programming.

by runnel 12y ago

Nice. I wonder what methods and tools did you use for defining pronouncability. Care to share some tips? Just curious about language-oriented programming.

JosephRedfern 12y ago

I also wonder what differences there are between a word that is, say 80% pronounceable, and one that is 60% pronounceable. Is it not a binary thing?

davman 12y ago

I'm not entirely sure it is functioning correctly, I'm struggling to pronounce: 100% thlla.com 100% sohyw.com etc. I like the idea though.

iopq 12y ago
sohyw I would imagine would be pronounced "so hew" so according to the algorithm it's pronounceable but really the domain name I want is one that is SPELLABLE, not pronounceable
- hyperpape 12y ago
  Not just that, you need it to be unambiguous. So "gitmy" (one that's mentioned below) is pretty dodgy, because it might sound too much like "getmy".
giarc 12y ago
ryjof.com 100% pronounceable.

BjoernKW 12y ago

Off the cuff I'd use a phonetic algorithm such as Soundex or Metaphone for mapping strings to abstract phonetic representations. These could then be run through simple regular expression pattern matching. There's a fairly limited set of syllable structures in English that make for pronounceable words. As with many linguistic algorithms this approach is not language-agnostic though. If you wanted to predict the pronounceability for a language other than English you'd need different algorithms and patterns. A much more sophisticated approach (as opposed to the heuristic one above) would involve training a Markov model (with characters as states). More probable words (i.e. those containing a likely sequence of characters) are more likely to be easily pronounceable.

timothya 12y ago

It appears to me (from my quick glance through it) that all of the domains follow the pattern of alternating consonants and vowels (with an additional rule which is that it allows for two identical consonants in a row, e.g. "mm" or "ll"). Combinations of letters which alternate between vowels and consonants are typically at least somewhat pronounceable.