From: Ken Bloom <kbloom@...>
Date: 2008-04-12T06:10:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Random name generator!

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:47:20 -0500, Sean Mehonoshen wrote:

> I would suggest using combinations of phonemes rather than letters. It
> would simplify the problem and generate more natural sounding
> combinations.

<hat role="computational linguistics">
Too hard, because then you have to specify what they are. Use a higher-
order markov model (like 4 or 5), and you'll get pronouncable results.

One of my colleagues wrote http://lingcog.iit.edu/~scubed/cgi-bin/
gibberish.sh, which is a 4th-order markov model of English letters. It 
shoudl be relatively pronouncable, and might suit your needs.
</hat>

-- 
Ken (Chanoch) Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory.
Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/