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This entry selects words from whole system dictionary. It takes advantage of the fact that you can make most nouns into verbs and vice-versa, It uses a few heuristics to avoid obvious impossibilities.

$ man python | python words.py The disabled comma-separated source is using those wizards at exit. $ cat COPYING | python words.py #GPL My user accord actions a gnu of software. $ cat pg2591.txt | python words.py #Grimm's Fairy Tales Some bargain receives my threepence. Any wrong worms your world. $ cat words.py | python words.py #self reflection Your filter_possesive not_nouned those prepositions. 

import random import string import sys import re #words = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() words = re.sub("[]:;.,:?!<>{}()|=\"`[]",' ',sys.stdin.read(),flags=re.M).split() words = list(set(words)) articles=('','a ','the ','some ','this ','that ','my ','any ','your ','their ', 'all ','more ' 'an ') #an must be last pl_articles=('','some ','those ','many ','the ','these ') prepositions = ('of','by','to','for','from','in','with','on','which','when','at', 'into','as','if','near') conjunctions = ('and','or','but') verbs = ('is','are','was', 'be','do','came','been','had','have') pronouns_s = ('he','she','it','we','you') pronouns_o = ('him','her','them') possesive=False modifiers=0 use_prep = None MAX_MODIFIERS=2 def is_modifier(w): return ("'" in w or w[-2:] in ('ry','ed','er','ic','al') or w[-3:] in ('ing','est','ble','ous') or w[-4:] in ('less','ical','mmon') ) def is_verb(w): return (w in verbs or w[-2:] in ('ed',) or w[-3:] in ('ing','ize') ) def is_article(w): return w+' ' in articles or w+' ' in pl_articles def is_conjunction(w): return w in conjunctions def filter_possesive(w,always=False): global possesive #allow only one result = True if "'" in w else False if result: if always: return False if not possesive: possesive = True return False return result def is_preposition(w): global use_prep if w in prepositions: use_prep = w return True return False def is_adverb(w): return w[-2:]=='ly' def is_gerund(w): return w[-3:]=='ing' def is_plural(w): return w[-1]=='s' def not_verb(w): return (w in ('you','they','our','yes') or w[-4:] in ('ness','such') or w in pronouns_o or w in pronouns_s ) def not_noun(w): return (w in verbs) def getword(): while True: w=words[random.randrange(len(words))].rstrip() if w[0] in string.ascii_uppercase: continue if is_article(w) or is_preposition(w): continue if filter_possesive(w): continue #print w return w def get_article(): return articles[random.randrange(len(articles)-1)] #print '--s--' substr='' conjunction = False while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers < MAX_MODIFIERS: substr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif is_adverb(w) or is_plural(w) or not_noun(w): continue else: if is_conjunction(w): conjunction = w continue substr= substr+w+' ' if conjunction: substr+=conjunction+' ' conjunction = False continue if w in pronouns_s: substr = w+' ' art='' else: art = get_article() if art is 'a ' and substr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' substr= string.capwords(art+substr,'.') break #print '--v--' verbstr='' while True: w=getword() if not_verb(w) or filter_possesive(w,True): continue elif is_adverb(w): verbstr+=w+' ' elif is_gerund(w): verbstr+='is '+w+' ' break elif is_verb(w): verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break elif is_modifier(w) or is_conjunction(w): continue else: if not is_plural(w): w=w+'ed' if w[-1]!='e' else w+'d' verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break #print '--o--' obstr='' conjunction = False while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers<MAX_MODIFIERS: obstr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif is_adverb(w) or not_noun(w) or w in pronouns_s: continue else: if is_conjunction(w): conjunction = w continue obstr = obstr+w if conjunction: obstr+=' '+conjunction+' ' conjunction = False continue if is_plural(w): art = pl_articles[random.randrange(len(pl_articles))] else: art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles)-1)] if art is 'a ' and obstr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' if w in pronouns_o: obstr=w else: obstr= art+obstr break #print '--p--' while use_prep: w=getword() if (is_modifier(w) or is_preposition(w) or is_gerund(w) or not_noun(w) or is_conjunction(w)): continue obstr+=' '+use_prep+' '+w use_prep=None print substr+verbstr+obstr+'.' 

This entry selects words from whole system dictionary. It takes advantage of the fact that you can make most nouns into verbs and vice-versa. It uses a few heuristics to classify words and avoid obvious impossibilities.

$ man python | python words.py The disabled comma-separated source is using those wizards at exit. $ cat COPYING | python words.py #GPL My user accord actions a gnu of software. $ cat pg2591.txt | python words.py #Grimm's Fairy Tales Some bargain receives my threepence. Any wrong worms your world. $ cat words.py | python words.py #self reflection Your filter_possesive not_nouned those prepositions. $ ls /usr/bin | python words.py #directory lists Their dropbox funziped an arch. 

import random import string import sys import re #words = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() words = re.sub("[]:;.,:?!<>{}()|=\"`[]",' ',sys.stdin.read(),flags=re.M).split() words = list(set(words)) articles=('','a ','the ','some ','this ','that ','my ','any ','your ','their ', 'all ','more ' 'an ') #an must be last pl_articles=('','some ','those ','many ','the ','these ') prepositions = ('of','by','to','for','from','in','with','on','which','when','at', 'into','as','if','near') conjunctions = ('and','or','but') verbs = ('is','are','was', 'be','do','came','been','had','have') pronouns_s = ('he','she','it','we','you') pronouns_o = ('him','her','them') possesive=False modifiers=0 use_prep = None MAX_MODIFIERS=2 def is_modifier(w): return ("'" in w or w[-2:] in ('ry','ed','er','ic','al') or w[-3:] in ('ing','est','ble','ous') or w[-4:] in ('less','ical','mmon') ) def is_verb(w): return (w in verbs or w[-2:] in ('ed',) or w[-3:] in ('ing','ize') ) def is_article(w): return w+' ' in articles or w+' ' in pl_articles def is_conjunction(w): return w in conjunctions def filter_possesive(w,always=False): global possesive #allow only one result = True if "'" in w else False if result: if always: return False if not possesive: possesive = True return False return result def is_preposition(w): global use_prep if w in prepositions: use_prep = w return True return False def is_adverb(w): return w[-2:]=='ly' def is_gerund(w): return w[-3:]=='ing' def is_plural(w): return w[-1]=='s' def not_verb(w): return (w in ('you','they','our','yes') or w[-4:] in ('ness','such') or w in pronouns_o or w in pronouns_s ) def not_noun(w): return (w in verbs) def getword(): while True: w=words[random.randrange(len(words))].rstrip() if w[0] in string.ascii_uppercase: continue if is_article(w) or is_preposition(w): continue if filter_possesive(w): continue #print w return w def get_article(): return articles[random.randrange(len(articles)-1)] #print '--s--' substr='' conjunction = False while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers < MAX_MODIFIERS: substr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif is_adverb(w) or is_plural(w) or not_noun(w): continue else: if is_conjunction(w): conjunction = w continue substr= substr+w+' ' if conjunction: substr+=conjunction+' ' conjunction = False continue if w in pronouns_s: substr = w+' ' art='' else: art = get_article() if art is 'a ' and substr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' substr= string.capwords(art+substr,'.') break #print '--v--' verbstr='' while True: w=getword() if not_verb(w) or filter_possesive(w,True): continue elif is_adverb(w): verbstr+=w+' ' elif is_gerund(w): verbstr+='is '+w+' ' break elif is_verb(w): verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break elif is_modifier(w) or is_conjunction(w): continue else: if not is_plural(w): w=w+'ed' if w[-1]!='e' else w+'d' verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break #print '--o--' obstr='' conjunction = False while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers<MAX_MODIFIERS: obstr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif is_adverb(w) or not_noun(w) or w in pronouns_s: continue else: if is_conjunction(w): conjunction = w continue obstr = obstr+w if conjunction: obstr+=' '+conjunction+' ' conjunction = False continue if is_plural(w): art = pl_articles[random.randrange(len(pl_articles))] else: art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles)-1)] if art is 'a ' and obstr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' if w in pronouns_o: obstr=w else: obstr= art+obstr break #print '--p--' while use_prep: w=getword() if (is_modifier(w) or is_preposition(w) or is_gerund(w) or not_noun(w) or is_conjunction(w)): continue obstr+=' '+use_prep+' '+w use_prep=None print substr+verbstr+obstr+'.' 

Code:

import random import string words = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() articles=('','a ','the ','some ','this ','that ','my ') pl_articles=('','some ','those ','many ','the ') possesive=False modifiers=0 def getword(): global possesive while True: w=words[random.randrange(len(words))].rstrip() if w[0] in string.ascii_uppercase: continue if "'" in w: if not possesive: possesive = True else: continue print w return w def is_modifier(w): return ("'" in w or  w[-2:] in ('ry','ed','er','ic','al')  or w[-3:] in ('ing','est','ble','ous') or w[-4:] in ('less','ical') ) def is_verb(w): return (   w[-2:] in ('ed',) or w[-3:] in ('ing','ize') ) obstr='' while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers<2: obstr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif w[-2:]=='ly': continue else: if w[-1] == 's': continue art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles))] obstr= obstr+w+' ' if art is 'a ' and obstr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' obstr= string.capwords(art+obstr,'.') break verbstr='' while True: w=getword() if "'" in w: continue  if w[-4:]=="ness": continue if w[-2:]=='ly': verbstr+=w+' ' elif w[-3:]=='ing': verbstr+='is '+w+' ' break elif is_verb(w): verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break elif is_modifier(w): continue else: if w[-1] != 's': w=w+'ed' if w[-1]!='e' else w+'d' verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break substr='' while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if  modifiers<2: substr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif w[-2:]=='ly': continue else: substr = substr+w if w[-1] == 's': art = pl_articles[random.randrange(len(pl_articles))] else: art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles))] if art is 'a ' and substr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' substr= art+substr break print obstr+verbstr+substr+'.' 

Version 3 has been modified to take any text file as input:

$ man python | python words.py The disabled comma-separated source is using those wizards at exit. $ cat COPYING | python words.py #GPL My user accord actions a gnu of software. $ cat pg2591.txt | python words.py #Grimm's Fairy Tales Some bargain receives my threepence. Any wrong worms your world. $ cat words.py | python words.py #self reflection Your filter_possesive not_nouned those prepositions. 

Code (version 3):

import random import string import sys import re #words = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() words = re.sub("[]:;.,:?!<>{}()|=\"`[]",' ',sys.stdin.read(),flags=re.M).split() words = list(set(words)) articles=('','a ','the ','some ','this ','that ','my ','any ','your ','their ', 'all ','more ' 'an ') #an must be last pl_articles=('','some ','those ','many ','the ','these ') prepositions = ('of','by','to','for','from','in','with','on','which','when','at', 'into','as','if','near') conjunctions = ('and','or','but') verbs = ('is','are','was', 'be','do','came','been','had','have') pronouns_s = ('he','she','it','we','you') pronouns_o = ('him','her','them') possesive=False modifiers=0 use_prep = None  MAX_MODIFIERS=2 def is_modifier(w): return ("'" in w or  w[-2:] in ('ry','ed','er','ic','al') or w[-3:] in ('ing','est','ble','ous') or w[-4:] in ('less','ical','mmon') ) def is_verb(w): return (w in verbs or w[-2:] in ('ed',) or w[-3:] in ('ing','ize') ) def is_article(w): return w+' ' in articles or w+' ' in pl_articles def is_conjunction(w):    return w in conjunctions  def filter_possesive(w,always=False):   global possesive  #allow only one result = True if "'" in w else False if result:   if always: return False  if not possesive:  possesive = True return False return result def is_preposition(w):    global use_prep if w in prepositions:    use_prep = w return True return False def is_adverb(w): return w[-2:]=='ly' def is_gerund(w):  return w[-3:]=='ing' def is_plural(w):  return w[-1]=='s' def not_verb(w): return (w in ('you','they','our','yes') or    w[-4:] in ('ness','such') or   w in pronouns_o or w in pronouns_s  ) def not_noun(w): return (w in verbs) def getword():  while True: w=words[random.randrange(len(words))].rstrip() if w[0] in string.ascii_uppercase: continue  if is_article(w) or is_preposition(w): continue if filter_possesive(w): continue  #print w return w def get_article():  return articles[random.randrange(len(articles)-1)] #print '--s--' substr='' conjunction = False while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers < MAX_MODIFIERS: substr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif is_adverb(w) or is_plural(w) or not_noun(w): continue else: if is_conjunction(w):     conjunction = w  continue  substr= substr+w+' ' if conjunction: substr+=conjunction+' '  conjunction = False  continue if w in pronouns_s:  substr = w+' ' art=''   else: art = get_article()  if art is 'a ' and substr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' substr= string.capwords(art+substr,'.') break #print '--v--' verbstr='' while True: w=getword() if not_verb(w) or filter_possesive(w,True): continue elif is_adverb(w): verbstr+=w+' ' elif is_gerund(w): verbstr+='is '+w+' ' break elif is_verb(w): verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break elif is_modifier(w) or is_conjunction(w): continue else: if not is_plural(w): w=w+'ed' if w[-1]!='e' else w+'d' verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break #print '--o--' obstr='' conjunction = False while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers<MAX_MODIFIERS: obstr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif is_adverb(w) or not_noun(w) or w in pronouns_s: continue else: if is_conjunction(w):  conjunction = w continue obstr = obstr+w if conjunction:   obstr+=' '+conjunction+' ' conjunction = False continue if is_plural(w): art = pl_articles[random.randrange(len(pl_articles))] else: art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles)-1)] if art is 'a ' and obstr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' if w in pronouns_o: obstr=w else: obstr= art+obstr break #print '--p--' while use_prep: w=getword() if (is_modifier(w) or is_preposition(w) or is_gerund(w) or not_noun(w) or is_conjunction(w)): continue obstr+=' '+use_prep+' '+w use_prep=None print substr+verbstr+obstr+'.' 

This entry selects words from whole system dictionary. It takes advantage of the fact that you can make most nouns into verbs and vice-versa, It uses a few heuristics to avoid obvious impossibilities. It often produces garbage like:

The drape extendibled the buckboards. My inn flinches some wheel's snacked parachute Syndicating overstepping independence cagily debentured the illustrating mustaches. 

but there a few rare gems.

That rolling indictment tarries some bang's bulge. The snigger westernizes the bacteriologist. My liquor's squishing podcast postmoderned this whopper. 

import random import string words = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() arts=['','a ','the ','some ','this ','that ','my '] obstr='' poss=False mods=0 def getword(): global poss while True: w=words[random.randrange(len(words))].rstrip() if w[0] in string.ascii_uppercase: continue if "'" in w: if not poss: poss = True else: continue return w def is_modifier(w): return ("'" in w or w[-2:]=='ry' or w[-2:]=='ed' or w[-3:]=='ing') while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if mods<2:  obstr+=w+' ' mods+=1 else: continue elif w[-2:]=='ly': continue else: if w[-1] == 's': continue art = arts[random.randrange(len(arts))] obstr= obstr+w+' '; if art is 'a ' and obstr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' obstr= string.capwords(art+obstr,'.') break; verbstr='' while True: w=getword() if "'" in w: continue if w[-2:]=='ly': verbstr+=w+' ' else: if w[-2:] != 'ed': if w[-1] != 's':   w=w+'ed' if w[-1]!='e' else w+'d' verbstr= verbstr+w+' '; break; substr='' while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if mods<3: substr+=w+' ' mods+=1 else: continue elif w[-2:]=='ly': continue else: substr = substr+w art = arts[random.randrange(len(arts))] if w[-1] == 's' and (art is 'a ' or art is 'that '): art='' if art is 'a ' and substr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' substr= art+substr break; print obstr+verbstr+substr+'.' 

This entry selects words from whole system dictionary. It takes advantage of the fact that you can make most nouns into verbs and vice-versa, It uses a few heuristics to avoid obvious impossibilities.

It produces a few nearly sane statements:

The snigger westernizes the bacteriologist. A drizzle stoked the sentiments. 

Many insane ones:

Tipper's orthopaedic knitwear plates a payroll. A fibula teletypewritered a yogi. The protozoan's spiralling skydive coats this veterinarian 

And a lot of stuff that sounds like Monty Python making lewd innuendos:

That rolling indictment tarries some bang's bulge. Some inflammatory tush's intermarriage sextants some postman. Some pentagon's manufacturer squeaked the wolverine. A disagreeable participant is entertaining my optimized spoonful. 

import random import string words = open("/usr/share/dict/words").readlines() articles=('','a ','the ','some ','this ','that ','my ') pl_articles=('','some ','those ','many ','the ') possesive=False modifiers=0 def getword(): global possesive while True: w=words[random.randrange(len(words))].rstrip() if w[0] in string.ascii_uppercase: continue if "'" in w: if not possesive: possesive = True else: continue print w return w def is_modifier(w): return ("'" in w or  w[-2:] in ('ry','ed','er','ic','al')  or w[-3:] in ('ing','est','ble','ous') or w[-4:] in ('less','ical') ) def is_verb(w): return (   w[-2:] in ('ed',) or  w[-3:] in ('ing','ize') )   obstr='' while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers<2: obstr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif w[-2:]=='ly': continue else: if w[-1] == 's': continue art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles))] obstr= obstr+w+' ' if art is 'a ' and obstr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' obstr= string.capwords(art+obstr,'.') break verbstr='' while True: w=getword() if "'" in w: continue if w[-4:]=="ness": continue if w[-2:]=='ly': verbstr+=w+' ' elif w[-3:]=='ing': verbstr+='is '+w+' ' break elif is_verb(w):    verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break elif is_modifier(w): continue else:  if w[-1] != 's': w=w+'ed' if w[-1]!='e' else w+'d' verbstr= verbstr+w+' ' break substr='' while True: w=getword() if is_modifier(w): if modifiers<2: substr+=w+' ' modifiers+=1 else: continue elif w[-2:]=='ly': continue else: substr = substr+w if w[-1] == 's':   art = pl_articles[random.randrange(len(pl_articles))] else:  art = articles[random.randrange(len(articles))]   if art is 'a ' and substr[0] in 'aeiou': art='an ' substr= art+substr break print obstr+verbstr+substr+'.'