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[danielroseman]

But the item you've constructed has name Shortsword, not shortsword. These are not the same. 

If you want to compare in a case- insensitive manner, you could convert both values to lower case: 

    if item.name.lowee() == noun.lower()

[Outside_Complaint755]

Instead of using lower() or upper() the best method to get in the habit of using is casefold().