# Re: Found Senryu (#224)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-found-senryu-224/179015>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 15, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-found-senryu-224/179015 "2009-11-15T20:44:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![wkm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@wkm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wkm)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-found-senryu-224/179015/1 "2009-11-15T20:44:08Z")

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My solution is enclosed.

It uses the Lingua::EN package from [http://www.pressure.to/ruby/](http://www.pressure.to/ruby/) to  
count syllables. According to it there are 4729 Senryu’s in the US  
Constitution (with amendments). 🙂

As an aside, do people actually do these quizzes any more? There seems  
to have been no discussion about this one at all…

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**Author:** ![wkm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@wkm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/wkm)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-found-senryu-224/179015/2 "2009-11-16T15:16:07Z")

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On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:43 PM, wkm [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> My solution is enclosed.
> 
> It uses the Lingua::EN package from [http://www.pressure.to/ruby/](http://www.pressure.to/ruby/) to count syllables. According to it there are 4729 Senryu’s in the US Constitution (with amendments). 🙂
> 
> As an aside, do people actually do these quizzes any more? There seems to have been no discussion about this one at all…

I would have loved to have done this quiz but:

1. I had no idea where to start with a ‘syllable-counting’ algorithm
2. I had so much to do that when I thought about looking for some,  
you’d already posted a solution.

> > helps everyone on Ruby T. follow the discussion. Please reply to
> > 
> > ## Found Senryu (#224)
> > 
> > –  
> > -Daniel  
> > [http://rubyquiz.strd6.com](http://rubyquiz.strd6.com)

–  
Paul S.  
[http://www.nomadicfun.co.uk](http://www.nomadicfun.co.uk)

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