I don't yet have a good name for this package.
String::Amharic::Simplify might be more immediately
understandable. However, "simplification" is generally
considered a good thing, something desirable, but this would
give quite the wrong impression.
String::Amharic::Pencanonicalize was a working name for a while,
now its String::Amharic::Downgrade which seems to have the best
tone. Under the "three levels of Amharic spelling" theory, this
package will take a canonical word (level 1) and generate level
two words (the level of popular use). Hence "pencanonical",
though think spherically and the "pen" part of it spans the
breadth of level two. Its a little easier to think of a simple
"downgrade" vs debating the width of "pen". The package is
useful for some problems, it will produce orthographically
"legal" simplification and avoids improbable naive
simplifications. Text::Metaphone::Amharic of course over
simplifies as it addresses a different problem. So while not to
promote level 2 orthographies, for some instan