“miaou” has 4 consecutive vowels so I’m not surprised it has 2 syllables. That may be a rule.
The average person uses about 20,000 words on a regular basis. They know about 40,000 visually. It’s estimated there are about 1.25 million english words, but a lot of those are scientific terms. Anyone up to building a cross reference database that can be searched quickly? Rick > “miaou” is two syllables > On Mar 21, 2022, at 10:56 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I would think one would need a database that maps all words with the number > of syllables in those words. I am sure some sort of algorithm would do a > creditable job, but I bet it would not do a perfect job. For example, and > embedded “eau” is usually one syllable, but a word such as “miaou” is two > syllables > > Craig _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
