Fix confusion in algorithm description in README

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Eric Ihli 4 years ago
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ For phonetics, it uses the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. http://www.speech.cs.cmu.
For syllabification, it uses a custom algorithm that is basically: For syllabification, it uses a custom algorithm that is basically:
- Start from the last phone and work backwards. - Start from the last phone and work backwards.
- Take every consonant up through the first vowel. (This is the "rime" of the syllable). - Take every consonant up through the the first encountered vowel. (This is the "rime" of the syllable).
- Take every consonant up through the next vowel with the conditions (This is the "onset" of the syllable): - Take every consonant up through the next vowel with the conditions (This is the "onset" of the syllable):
- Each subsequent consonant is more sonorous than the previous. - Each subsequent consonant is more sonorous than the previous.
- If the next vowel we'd encounter is lax, it gets followed by at least 1 consonant. - If the next vowel we'd encounter is lax, it gets followed by at least 1 consonant.

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