Salisbury Robitussin Witchcraft

salisburobitussin.py

import random
import subprocess

s = 'salisbury'
r = 'robitussin'
v = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y']

def _pick(s, cs, vs, cov):
    if len(cs) == 0:
        return s

    if cov:
        s = _pick(s + cs[0], cs[1:], vs, not cov)
    else:
        s = _pick(s + vs[0], cs, vs[1:], not cov)

    return s

while True:
    w = []
    for i in range(10000):
        a = [c for c in s+r]

        
        random.shuffle(a)
        while a[0] == 'y':
            random.shuffle(a)
        
        vs = [vo for vo in a if vo in v]
        cs = [co for co in a if not co in v]

        w.append(_pick('', vs, cs, random.random() > .5))
    wf = ''.join(w)

    wff = ''
    for wc in wf:
        if random.random() < .1 and wc != 'y':
            wff += " {}".format(wc)
        else:
            wff += wc
    
    wss = []
    wfs = wff.split()
    i = 0 
    while i < len(wfs):
        sl = int(random.random()*10)
        wss.append(' '.join(wfs[i:i+sl]))
        i += sl

    for sp in wss:
        p = subprocess.Popen(['say',  '-a', '82', '-v', 'Allison', '-r', '5',"'{}'".format(sp)])
        p.communicate()