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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Apply some dumb heuristics to guess at the number of syllables in the English
-# word given as the sole required argument
-word=${1:?Need a word}
-lcword=$(printf %s "$word" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-
-# Start counting syllables for the word and vowels for the current vowel group
-declare -i sylc vowc
-
-# Iterate through the letters in the word
-for ((i = 0; i < ${#word}; i++)); do
-    case ${word:i:1} in
-
-        # If it's a vowel or a y, we might be adding a syllable. We here
-        # include all the vowels I got out of /usr/share/dict/words on my
-        # system.
-        [aeiouyáâäåèéêíóôöûü])
-
-            # Bump the number of vowels so far in this group
-            ((vowc++))
-
-            # On every odd vowel, we'll add another syllable, so that "e" and
-            # "ei" are each one syllable, but "eia" and "eiau" are two.
-            ((vowc % 2)) && ((sylc++))
-            ;;
-
-        # If it's not a vowel or a y, reset the vowel count
-        *)
-            ((vowc = 0))
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# As a special case, if the word ends with a consonant and then "e" and has
-# more than one syllable, subtract one syllable as it's probably a silent "e"
-if ((sylc > 1)) ; then
-    case $lcword in
-
-        # Exceptions first
-        *[bcdgptx]le|*c[mn]e|*phe)
-            ;;
-        *[!aeiouy]e)
-            ((sylc--))
-            ;;
-
-        # "pined", "loved", but not "wasted", "devoted"
-        *[bcdgptx]led)
-            ;;
-        *[!aeiotuy]ed)
-            ((sylc--))
-            ;;
-
-        # Plural forms of the above
-        *[bc]les|*c[mn]es|*phes)
-            ;;
-        *[!aeiousy]es)
-            ((sylc--))
-            ;;
-    esac
-fi
-
-# Add a syllable for an "ism" suffix
-case $lcword in
-    *ism|*isms)
-        ((sylc++))
-        ;;
-esac
-
-# Print the determined syllable count
-printf '%u\n' "$sylc"