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+import string
+import hashlib
+
+SYLLABUS = ( [ x for x in string.ascii_lowercase if x not in 'aeiouy' ],
+             [ 'a',  'e',  'i',  'o',  'u', 'y',
+               'ai', 'au', 'eu', 'ay', 'ao', 'ay',
+               'ey', 'ei', 'eo', 'ou', 'ia', 'io',
+               'ua', 'ui' ])
+
+def translate(hsh, syllabus=SYLLABUS):
+    """
+    Return a human lisible hash
+    """
+    result = ""
+
+    if len(hsh) % 2 == 1:
+        hsh = '0' + hsh
+
+    while hsh:
+        val = int(hsh[0:2], 16)
+        hsh = hsh[2:]
+
+        result += syllabus[0][val // 20]
+        result += syllabus[1][val %  20]
+
+    return result
+
+def generate(content, minsize=8):
+    return translate(
+            hashlib.md5(content.encode('utf8')).hexdigest()[0:minsize])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    print(generate(sys.argv[1]))