Nickname(3)

NAME
Lingua::EN::Nickname - Genealogical nickname matching (Liz=Beth)

SYNOPSIS
  use Lingua::EN::Nickname;
  # Equivalent first names?
  $score= nickname_eq( $firstn_0, $firstn_1 );
  # Full, expanded, name(s)
  @roots= rootname( $firstn );

DESCRIPTION
Nicknames, alternate spellings, and alternate etymological derivations make checking first name equivalence nearly impossible. This module will tell you that 'Maggie', 'Peg', and 'Margaret' are all probably the same name.

SOURCES

TODO

AUTHOR
Brian Lalonde, <brian@webcoder.info>

SEE ALSO
perl(1)