#!usr/bin/perl -w use strict; srand; my @line; my $index; my $particle; my @vocabulary = ("uh", "er", "ummm", "ahhhh", "rhubarb"); while(<>) { @line = split (/ /,$_); foreach(@line) { $index = rand 5; $particle = $vocabulary[$index]; s/.{1,}/$particle/g; } $_ = join (' ',@line); print; }