mprf(MSGCH_TALK, "%s says, 'Hi! I'm the Singing Sword!'", old_desc);

                        mprf(MSGCH_TALK, "%s says, \"Hi! I'm the Singing Sword!\"", old_desc);

#include "database.h"

            // Singing Sword only: singing and other musical noises
            const char* suffixes_sing[] = {
                 "hums a little tune.", "breaks into glorious song!",
                 "sings.", "sings loudly.", "chimes melodiously.",
                 "sings off-key.", "sings 'tra-la-la'.", "sings a lullaby.",
                 "chimes harmoniously.", "makes beautiful music.",
                 "produces a loud orchestral chord.", "whines plaintively.",
                 "tinkles.", "rings like a bell.", "wails mournfully.",
                 "practices its scales.", "lilts tunefully.", "yodels.",
                 "hums tunelessly.", "makes a painfully high-pitched squeak.",
                 "sings a sudden staccato note.", "sings a catchy tune.",
                 "says 'Hi! I'm the Singing Sword!'", "hums a slow waltz.",
                 "imitates a saxophone.", "shouts 'Sing with me!'",
                 "chimes like a gong.", "applauds itself.", "whistles merrily.",
                 "goes 'Da-da-da-dum.", "goes toot-toot!", "chants serenely.",
                 "trills happily.", "shouts 'One, two, three...'",
                 "chants a little melody.", "sings a deeply moving song.",
                 "hums an eerie melody.", "hums a slow and mournful tune.",
                 "launches into yet another solo.", "strikes up a merry tune.",
                 "emits a series of high-pitched trills.", "does a drum roll.",
                 "holds a dissonant chord.", "composes a new song.",
                 "makes a sound as if to clear its throat.", "beats time.",
                 "sings a quivering drawn-out note.", "sings a little jingle.",
                 "makes a twanging sound.", "spouts musical wisdom."
            };

            std::string msg;

            // mostly chatter and other human-like sounds
            const char* suffixes_talk[] = {
                 "speaks gibberish.", "raves incoherently.", "shouts 'Help!'",
                 "growls menacingly.", "sputters and hisses.", "hollers!",
                 "pants and wheezes.", "barks abruptly.", "sighs.", "wails.",
                 "howls with laughter!", "laughs crazily.", "burps!",
                 "goes snicker-snack!", "lets out a mournful sigh.",
                 "yells in some weird language.", "makes a horrible noise.",
                 "makes a deep moaning sound.", "gives off a wolf whistle.",
                 "wails.", "giggles.", "lets out a whoop!", "yawns loudly.",
                 "chatters happily.", "recites a poem.", "prattles on and on.",
                 "regales you with its life story.", "intones a prayer.",
                 "shouts 'Whoopee!'", "hurls insults at you.", "cries out!",
                 "argues with itself.", "complains about the scenery.",
                 "says 'I'm bored.'", "calls out a warning!", "swears loudly.",
                 "inquires about your family.", "coughs loudly.",
                 "burbles away merrily.", "gurgles.", "suddenly shrieks!",
                 "cackles.", "warbles.", "suddenly bursts into laughter!",
                 "shouts out instructions!", "cheers you on.", "snorts.",
                 "comments on the weather.", "makes a deep, guttural noise.",
                 "gives off a sizzling sound.", "whistles innocently.",
                 "makes a popping sound.", "says 'Ssh! Did you hear that?'",
                 "yelps loudly!", "lets out a series of bird calls."
            };
            // noises in the form "Your hear ...", mostly in-game noises
            const char* suffixes_sounds[] = {
                "a voice call your name.", "a shout.", "an angry hiss.",
                "a very strange noise.", "a high-pitched scream!",
                "a roar!", "someone snoring.", "a hideous shriek!",
                "a piteous moan.", "a screech!", "a bellow!",
                "a loud, deep croak!", "an angry buzzing noise.", 
                "an irritating high-pitched whine.", "a splashing noise.",
                "the sound of rushing water.", "a sizzling sound.",
                "someone calling for help!", "strange voices.", 
                "a loud clanging noise!", "a grinding noise.", "a knock.",
                "a mighty clap of thunder!", "maniacal laughter.",
                "a hideous screaming!", "snatches of song.", "a bark!",
                "a rumbling sound.", "a twanging sound.", "an echo. Echo.",
                "the chiming of a distant gong.", "a crunching sound.",
                "the tinkle of an enormous bell.", "a distant \"Zot\"!",
                "the distant roaring of an enraged frog.", "an echo.",
                "the wailing of sirens.", "a flourish of trumpets!"
            };
            int num_suffixes;
            std::string message;
            msg_channel_type channel = MSGCH_TALK;
            

                message = "The Singing Sword ";
                if (!one_chance_in(5)) // sings

                msg = getSpeakString("Singing Sword");
                if (msg != "")

                    num_suffixes = sizeof(suffixes_sing)
                                   / sizeof(suffixes_sing[0]);
                    message += suffixes_sing[random2(num_suffixes)];

                    // "Your Singing Sword" sounds disrespectful
                    // (as if there could be more than one!)
                    msg = replace_all(msg, "@Your_weapon@", "@The_weapon@");
                    msg = replace_all(msg, "@your_weapon@", "@the_weapon@");

                else // talks

            }
            else // SPWLD_NOISE
            {
                msg = getSpeakString("noisy weapon");
                if (msg != "")

                    num_suffixes = sizeof(suffixes_talk)
                                   / sizeof(suffixes_talk[0]);
                    message += suffixes_talk[random2(num_suffixes)];

                    msg = replace_all(msg, "@Your_weapon@", "Your @weapon@");
                    msg = replace_all(msg, "@your_weapon@", "your @weapon@");

            else // SPWLD_NOISE

            
            // set appropriate channel (will usually be TALK)
            msg_channel_type channel = MSGCH_TALK;
            // disallow anything with VISUAL in it;
            if (msg != "" && msg.find("VISUAL") != std::string::npos)
                msg = "";
                
            if (msg != "")

                if (one_chance_in(3)) // "You hear..." noises

                std::string param = "";
                std::string::size_type pos = msg.find(":");
                if (pos != std::string::npos)
                    param = msg.substr(0, pos);
                if (!param.empty())

                    message = "You hear ";
                    num_suffixes = sizeof(suffixes_sounds)
                                   / sizeof(suffixes_sounds[0]);
                    message += suffixes_sounds[random2(num_suffixes)];
                    channel = MSGCH_SOUND;

                    bool match = true;
                    if (param == "DANGER")
                        channel = MSGCH_DANGER;
                    else if (param == "WARN")
                        channel = MSGCH_WARN;
                    else if (param == "SOUND")
                        channel = MSGCH_SOUND;
                    else if (param == "PLAIN")
                        channel = MSGCH_PLAIN;
                    else if (param == "SPELL" || param == "ENCHANT")
                        msg = ""; // disallow these as well, channel stays TALK
                    else if (param != "TALK")
                        match = false;
                    if (match && msg != "")
                        msg = msg.substr(pos + 1);

                else // normal chatter

            }
            
            if (msg == "") // give default noises
            {
                if (you.special_wield == SPWLD_SING)
                    msg = "@The_weapon@ sings.";
                else

                    message = "Your ";
                    message += you.inv[wpn].name(DESC_BASENAME);
                    message += " ";
                    num_suffixes = sizeof(suffixes_talk)
                                   / sizeof(suffixes_talk[0]);
                    message += suffixes_talk[random2(num_suffixes)];

                    channel = MSGCH_SOUND;
                    msg = "You hear a strange noise.";

            mpr(message.c_str(), channel);

            
            // replace weapon references
            msg = replace_all(msg, "@The_weapon@", "The @weapon@");
            msg = replace_all(msg, "@the_weapon@", "the @weapon@");
            msg = replace_all(msg, "@weapon@", you.inv[wpn].name(DESC_BASENAME));

            mpr(msg.c_str(), channel);

%%%%
##############################################
##############################################
# Weapons that make noises.
##############################################
# The Singing Sword loves to sing and sometimes talks.
singing sword
w:4
@weapon_sings@
w:1
@weapon_talks@
%%%%
# Noisy weapons like to chatter and imitate dungeon noises.
noisy weapon
w:2
@weapon_talks@
w:1
SOUND:You hear @weapon_noise@
%%%%
# for the Singing Sword only!
weapon_sings
#sings
@The_weapon@ hums a little @tune_or_melody@.
@The_weapon@ breaks into glorious song!
@The_weapon@ sings.
@The_weapon@ sings loudly.
@The_weapon@ sings off-key.
@The_weapon@ sings, "Tra-la-la..."
@The_weapon@ sings a lullaby.
@The_weapon@ whines plaintively.
@The_weapon@ wails mournfully.
@The_weapon@ practices its scales.
@The_weapon@ lilts tunefully.
@The_weapon@ yodels.
@The_weapon@ hums tunelessly.
@The_weapon@ makes a painfully high-pitched squeak.
@The_weapon@ sings a sudden staccato note.
@The_weapon@ sings a catchy @tune_or_melody@.
@The_weapon@ hums a slow waltz.
@The_weapon@ whistles merrily.
#Beethoven
@The_weapon@ goes "Da-da-da-dum".
@The_weapon@ chants serenely.
@The_weapon@ trills happily.
@The_weapon@ chants a little melody.
@The_weapon@ sings a deeply moving song.
@The_weapon@ hums an eerie @tune_or_melody@.
@The_weapon@ hums a slow and mournful tune.
@The_weapon@ launches into yet another solo.
@The_weapon@ strikes up a merry @tune_or_melody@.
@The_weapon@ emits a series of high-pitched trills.
@The_weapon@ composes a new song.
@The_weapon@ makes a sound as if to clear its throat.
@The_weapon@ sings a quivering drawn-out note.
@The_weapon@ sings a little jingle.
@The_weapon@ strikes up a funeral march.
@The_weapon@ merrily whistles a melody.
In a hysteric voice, @the_weapon@ strikes up a march.
@The_weapon@ sings @several@ chords at once.
@The_weapon@ trains the @kind_of_scales@ scales.
@The_weapon@ pulls out all the stops.
@The_weapon@ sets up a furious crescendo.
@The_weapon@ plays a requiem for the unknown sword.
@The_weapon@ strikes up a @dance@.
@The_weapon@ intonates @an_aria_or_fugue@.
@The_weapon@ @nearly_or_clearly@ @hits_or_misses@ the concert pitch.
#imitates instruments
@The_weapon@ makes a twanging sound.
@The_weapon@ chimes melodiously.
@The_weapon@ chimes harmoniously.
@The_weapon@ makes beautiful music.
@The_weapon@ produces a loud orchestral chord.
@The_weapon@ tinkles.
@The_weapon@ rings like a bell.
@The_weapon@ imitates a saxophone.
@The_weapon@ chimes like a gong.
@The_weapon@ applauds itself.
@The_weapon@ goes toot-toot!
@The_weapon@ does a drum roll.
@The_weapon@ holds a dissonant chord.
@The_weapon@ beats time.
#speaks
@The_weapon@ says, "Hi! I'm the Singing Sword!"
@The_weapon@ shouts, "Sing along with me!"
@The_weapon@ shouts, "One, two, three..."
@The_weapon@ spouts musical wisdom.
@The_weapon@ chants, "I am golden and pointed, and with blood well anointed."
@The_weapon@ dictates a lengthy tome entitled 'The Well-Tempered Blade'.
@The_weapon@ @points_out@ the lack of singing @not_swords@. 
@The_weapon@ embarks on a lenghty monologue about murderous music.
@The_weapon@ curses its smith: "I was supposed to be the Stinging Sword!"
@The_weapon@ muses how they don't make such fine swords anymore.
@The_weapon@ tries to improvise rhymes, and fails miserably.
@The_weapon@ complains about @double_or_triple@ swords.
@The_weapon@ derides short swords.
@The_weapon@ yells, "Ploughshares to swords!" and giggles.
@The_weapon@ chants, "Rather stab than club, rather slice than rub!"
# end Singing Sword

# general chatter for noisy weapons, 
# including Singing Sword
weapon_talks
#speaks
@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Whoopee!"
@Your_weapon@ argues with itself.
@Your_weapon@ complains about the scenery.
@Your_weapon@ says, "I'm bored."
@Your_weapon@ shouts out instructions!
@Your_weapon@ says, "Ssh! Did you hear that?"
@Your_weapon@ cheers you on.
@Your_weapon@ calls out a warning!
@Your_weapon@ hurls insults at you.
@Your_weapon@ chatters happily.
@Your_weapon@ recites a poem.
@Your_weapon@ prattles on and on.
@Your_weapon@ regales you with its life story.
@Your_weapon@ speaks gibberish.
@Your_weapon@ raves incoherently.
@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Help!"
@Your_weapon@ happily shouts, "Violence is virtue, silence is sin."
@Your_weapon@ says, "They will have to pry me from your cold, dead hands."
@Your_weapon@ longs back for the days in the arena.
#song by the Misfits
@Your_weapon@ asks plaintively, "Mommy, can I go out and kill tonight?"
@Your_weapon@ cries, "Don't ditch me yet!  I promise to be forever silent."
@Your_weapon@ amuses itself with detailed descriptions of past executions.
@Your_weapon@ wails, "I am too young to rust!"
@Your_weapon@ wishes everyone in the dungeon @unpleasant_or_sudden@ @demise_or_death@.
@Your_weapon@ fumes, "Being battered, bent and broken sure is better than this boredom!"
@Your_weapon@ yells, "No battle, no fun!"
@Your_weapon@ shouts, "This level is mine!  Um, ours."
@Your_weapon@ cracks jokes of @questionable@ humour.
@Your_weapon@ dwells on sagas on the glory of old.
@Your_weapon@ belts out, "Dying in battle is most honourable!"
@Your_weapon@ gleefully confesses its misdeeds.
@Your_weapon@ groans, "That's what you call fighting?"
@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Left! No, no, right!".
@Your_weapon@ says, "How I wish you were a better fighter."
@Your_weapon@ grouses, "Could you please kill something?  I'm itching all over."
@Your_weapon@ shouts, "Make war, not love!"
#makes noises
@Your_weapon@ growls menacingly.
@Your_weapon@ sputters and hisses.
@Your_weapon@ hollers!
@Your_weapon@ pants and wheezes.
@Your_weapon@ barks abruptly.
@Your_weapon@ sighs.
@Your_weapon@ wails.
@Your_weapon@ howls with laughter!
@Your_weapon@ laughs crazily.
@Your_weapon@ burps!
@Your_weapon@ goes snicker-snack!
@Your_weapon@ lets out a mournful sigh.
@Your_weapon@ yells in some weird language.
@Your_weapon@ makes a horrible noise.
@Your_weapon@ makes a deep moaning sound.
@Your_weapon@ gives off a wolf whistle.
@Your_weapon@ wails.
@Your_weapon@ giggles.
@Your_weapon@ lets out a whoop!
@Your_weapon@ yawns loudly.
@Your_weapon@ intones a prayer.
@Your_weapon@ cries out!
@Your_weapon@ swears loudly.
@Your_weapon@ inquires about your family.
@Your_weapon@ coughs loudly.
@Your_weapon@ burbles away merrily.
@Your_weapon@ gurgles.
@Your_weapon@ suddenly shrieks!
@Your_weapon@ cackles.
@Your_weapon@ warbles.
@Your_weapon@ suddenly bursts into laughter!
@Your_weapon@ snorts.
@Your_weapon@ comments on the weather.
@Your_weapon@ makes a deep, guttural noise.
@Your_weapon@ gives off a sizzling sound.
@Your_weapon@ whistles innocently.
@Your_weapon@ makes a popping sound.
@Your_weapon@ yelps loudly!
@Your_weapon@ lets out a series of bird calls.
# end weapon chatter
%%%%
# noises for weapons with NOISES property (not Singing Sword!)
weapon_noise
#dungeon noises
a shout.
an angry hiss.
a high-pitched scream!
a roar!
a hideous shriek!
a piteous moan.
a screech!
a bellow!
a loud, deep croak!
an angry buzzing noise.
an irritating high-pitched whine.
a splashing noise.
a sizzling sound.
a loud clanging noise!
a grinding noise.
a mighty clap of thunder!
a hideous screaming!
a bark!
a rumbling sound.
a crunching sound.
a distant "Zot"!
the distant roaring of an enraged frog.
# other noises, usually not found in the dungeon
a voice call your name.
a very strange noise.
someone snoring.
the sound of rushing water.
someone calling for help!
strange voices.
a knock.
maniacal laughter.
snatches of song.
a twanging sound.
the chiming of a distant gong.
the tinkle of an enormous bell.
an echo.
the wailing of sirens.
a flourish of trumpets!
# end weapon noises
%%%%
#synonyms for weapon noises
several
several
three or four
a multitude of 
%%%%
kind_of_scales
pentatonic
chromatic
diatonic
%%%%
not_swords
clubs
axes
polearms
%%%%
points_out
points out
remarks in passing on
%%%%
dance
bossanova
waltz
menuet
%%%%
an_aria_or_fugue
an aria
a fugue
%%%%
nearly_or_clearly
nearly
clearly
%%%%
hits_or_misses
hits
misses
%%%%
tune_or_melody
tune
melody
%%%%
unpleasant_or_sudden
an unpleasant
a sudden
%%%%
demise_or_death
demise
death
%%%%
questionable
questionable
doubtful
%%%%
double_or_triple
double
triple
%%%%