That is a very creative solution! Thank you Scott.
> Or, for faster per-repetition (blending in to your use-case):
>
> import string
> SEP = string.maketrans('abc \t', ' ')
> ...
> parts = 'whatever, abalone dudes'.translate(SEP).split()
> print parts
>
> ['wh', 'tever,', 'lone', 'dudes']
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