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Friday, August 21, 2009

Counting syllables in haiku is tough? No more

A British computer programmer, Russell McVeigh has solved all the problems for haikusters, a Syllable Counter that counts as you type.

Once you're close to 17 syllables, count them with your accent as it's not 100% accurate to Western American dialect, as in this:

Chuck Norris Haiku # 20
Chuck Norris’ hand
is the only hand that can
beat a Royal Flush

Which only counted 15 syllables, because the British pronunciation is one syllable "rɔɪəl" while Americans break it into "rɔɪ ' əl."

It also didn't count Chuck Norris' as four syllables, just three. Probably because it was scared of Chuck Norris.

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1 comment:

Russell McVeigh! said...

Aw shucks! Thanks for the mention Chris. I've also developed a little Haiku website that's solely populated by SMS. You can check it out at http://www.kungfuhaiku.com. It should accept messages from the US if you use the right country code.

Best wishes.

September 14, 2009 at 6:52 AM

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