.TH SYL 6 "June 2016" "Manual page for syl" .SH NAME .B syl \- make a crude guess as to the number of syllables of a word .SH USAGE .B syl syllable .br .B syl canapé .SH DESCRIPTION .B syl applies some very crude heuristics to guess at the number of syllables that would be used if the Latin-alphabet word on the command line were spoken out loud. It is far too inaccurate for any serious use, particularly for languages other than English; the author uses it for poetry generation. .SH AUTHOR Tom Ryder