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Handle single letter + apostrophe better
In the special case of a single letter plus apostrophe leading a word, often we're either looking at a non-English word with abbreviated article (usually starting with a consonant) or a name (usually starting with a vowel). We make an educated guess and assume the former should be lower case and the latter upper case. Handles issue ppannuto#5.
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‎titlecase/__init__.py‎

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word = word.lower()
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if APOS_SECOND.match(word):
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word = word.replace(word[0], word[0].upper())
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word = word.replace(word[2], word[2].upper())
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if len(word[0]) == 1 and word[0] not in 'aeiouAEIOU':
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word = word[0].lower() + word[1] + word[2].upper() + word[3:]
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else:
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word = word[0].upper() + word[1] + word[2].upper() + word[3:]
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tc_line.append(word)
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continue
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if INLINE_PERIOD.search(word) or UC_ELSEWHERE.match(word):

‎titlecase/tests.py‎

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(
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"foo bar 5th st",
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"Foo Bar 5th St",
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),
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(
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"l'grange l'grange l'Grange l'Grange",
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"l'Grange l'Grange l'Grange l'Grange",
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),
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(
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"L'grange L'grange L'Grange L'Grange",
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"l'Grange l'Grange l'Grange l'Grange",
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),
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(
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"l'GranGe",
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"l'GranGe",
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),
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(
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"o'grange O'grange o'Grange O'Grange",
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"O'Grange O'Grange O'Grange O'Grange",
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),
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(
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"O'GranGe",
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"O'GranGe",
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)
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)
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