import java.util.*;

public class Words {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
      System.out.print("Type two words: ");
      String word1 = console.next();
      String word2 = console.next();
      System.out.println("word1 and word2 are alliterative? " + alliterative(word1, word2));
   }

   // return whether the two Strings word1 and word2 are alliterative,
   // that is, whether they start with the same letter, case insensitive   
   public static boolean alliterative(String word1, String word2) {
      return word2.substring(0, 1).equalsIgnoreCase(word1.substring(0, 1));
      /*
      This code is function, but doesn't follow the tenets of boolean zen:
      It doesn't use the boolean value appropriately -- it uses the boolean
      value returned from .startsWith to control a conditional. It's better
      to simply return the value.
      if (word2.startsWith(word1.charAt(0)) {
         return true;
      } else {
         return false;
      } 
      */     
   }
}