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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Take a list of words as argument and return the equivalent initialism.
+
+Example:
+    $ initialism got a cup of tea
+    $ GACOT
+"""
+
+import optparse
+import sys
+
+VERSION = '1.0.0'
+
+
+def parse_args():
+	args = sys.argv[1:]
+	if not args:
+		args = sys.stdin.read().split()
+
+	parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage='!initialism <word> [<word>]+ [-v|--version]')
+	parser.add_option('-v', '--version', action='store_true')
+	return parser.parse_args(args)
+
+
+def initialise( words ):
+	"""
+	Take the first grapheme from each of the words and uppercase it
+	returning a new unicode string created from them.
+	"""
+	return u''.join([word[0].upper() for word in words])
+
+
+def main():
+	(options, args) = parse_args()
+	if options.version:
+		print ('!initialism {0}'.format(VERSION))
+		sys.exit(0)
+
+	words = [word.decode('utf-8') for word in args]
+	initialism = initialise(words)
+	print (initialism.encode('utf-8'))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main()