in reply to Re: Re: Quick regexp question
in thread Quick regexp question

You could always define a hash of any acronyms that are likely to be there (download a list from somewhere) and put "unless defined $dontchange{$word}" before your regex. 

($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss')
 =~y~b-v~a-z~s;                             print

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