Sméagol Posted May 16, 2014 Posted May 16, 2014 Yeah I´m probably putting too much effort in this.. Yesterday I had the need for some filler text. A lorem ipsum is boring, and I wanted something more random. There are random word generators out there, but I found it more fun / useful to create a simple script myself. I would like to improve on the result however.. I want something more meaningful, more flavourful, and more random than Lorem ipsum, but less random than actual random word / sentence generators. Here´s where you come in. I simply need a list of sentences. Then can be whatever you like, as long as they´re coherent and grammatically correct (.. except maybe pop culture references). They can be serious, funny, offensive, academic, whatever. They can also be static, or they can be dynamic. What do I mean by that? You can give me incomplete sentences with parameters. Hooks for words to be filled in. Of course, I´ll be needing words as well then. You want to define some categories of words to restrict what can be filled in. I haven´t completely thought this through yet, but I can see some main categories, and (multiple) subtypes. I don´t know how deep I want to go with this, but let´s see what you can come up with first! Categories I can think of right now: Nouns subtypes: - food - weapons - gadgets Names subtypes: - male - female - celebrities - models - forum members - places - videogames - films Adjectives subtype - negative - positive - relating to size - relating to aesthetics Adverbs Verbs Ehh, probably best to keep it simple, I don´t want to deal with various verb forms (I draw the line somewhere). Infinitives and gerunds are simple enough I guess. Put a clear new line between every entry. An entry can have multiple sentences in fact, maybe you´d like a follow-up sentence. Put the hooks between brackets and in bold, and state the category (and any subtypes if applicable). The of course, provide me with some options for the category below: state the category in bold, and list every word on a new line. Words can include their determiners, and perhaps other stuff. You can also add to categories started by others. Examples! Sentences This is just a simple boring sentence! Yesterday I saw [name / celebrity / male], and I punched him in the face! So I was at this club, then I saw [name / model / female]! I offered her [noun / drink], but she totally ignored me. Last week I went to see [film]. It was totally [adjective]. Words name / celebrity / male Justin Bieber P. Diddy Mel Gibson name / model / female Adriana Lima Miranda Kerr Doutzen Kroes noun / drink a beer a coke some wine film Godzilla X-Men: Days of future past The raid 2 adjective awesome craptacular mediocre Thanks in advance! Now let's hope it's worth the trouble I´m undoubtedly causing myself..
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