const string[][] punctuation_rep = {{"\0"},{"."},{","},{";"},{":"},{"!"},{"?"},{"/"}};

void MakeRetardedSentence( string& outMessage )
{
    CritterCl@ chosen = GetChosen();
    if( !valid( chosen ) || chosen.Stat[ ST_INTELLECT ] > int( retard_chance.length() ) )
        return;
    int IN = chosen.Stat[ ST_INTELLECT ] - 1;
	string message = "";
    uint   hits = 0;
	int widx = -1;
	array< string@ >@ words = split( outMessage, " " );
    while( ( widx = words.find( "" ) ) >= 0 )
        words.removeAt( widx );  // splitEx... don't!
    // make sure that we don't count 'empty words'


    for( uint w = 0, wLen = words.length(); w < wLen; w++ )
    {
        if( words[ w ].length() > 0 )
        {
            if( Random( 0, 100 ) <= retard_chance[ IN ] )
            {
				for(uint wx = 0, wxlen = punctuation_rep.length(); wx < wxlen; wx++)
					{
					for( uint r = 0, rLen = retard_replace.length(); r < rLen; r++ )
					{
						array< string > replace = retard_replace[ r ];
						array< string > replacepunct = punctuation_rep[ wx ][0];
						if( replace.length() > 1 && strlwr( replace[ 0 ] ) == (strlwr( words[ w ] ) + replacepunct[wx][0]))
						{
							string replacement = replace[ Random( 1, replace.length() - 1 ) + replacepunct[wx][0] ]; //
							if( wLen > 1 || ( wLen == 1 && replacement.length() > 1 ) )
							{
								words[ w ] = replacement;
								hits++;
							}
							break;
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
        if( w > 0 )
            message += " ";
        if( words[ w ].length() > 0 )
            message += words[ w ];
    }
    #ifdef __DEBUG__
    Message( "Retard'O'Meter: " + hits + "/" + words.length() );
    #endif
    outMessage = message;
}