title: Counting Syllables In A Word
body: <p>I'm looking for a fully accurate statement of an algorithm to count syllables in words.  What I'm finding when I research is inconsistent or what I know to generate incorrect results.  Does anyone have any suggestions of how to accomplish this?  Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>The algorithm I'm using now:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Count the number of vowels in the word.</li>
  <li>Do not count double-vowels ("rain" has 2 vowels but is only 1 syllable)</li>
  <li>If last letter in word is vowel do not count ("side" is 1 syllable)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Are there any more rules I'm missing?  I'm trying to determine in testing for my incorrect results if the algorithm I'm using is wrong or my implementation of it.</p>