From 346dd33a4f34a696119cba770401e294d554aba3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dualfroz <me@dualfroz.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 03:17:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't merge an -ent syllable back into an open first syllable

---
 plugins/speech/src/compute/syllables/postProcess.js | 2 +-
 plugins/speech/tests/syllables.test.js              | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/speech/src/compute/syllables/postProcess.js b/plugins/speech/src/compute/syllables/postProcess.js
index 3c601fc..437f2c5 100644
--- a/plugins/speech/src/compute/syllables/postProcess.js
+++ b/plugins/speech/src/compute/syllables/postProcess.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const postprocess = function (arr) {
     const first_is_open =
       (arr[0].length === 1 || arr[0].match(starts_with_consonant_vowel)) &&
       arr[0].match(ends_with_vowel)
-    const second_is_joining = arr[1].match(joining_consonant_vowel)
+    const second_is_joining = arr[1].match(joining_consonant_vowel) && ones.every(re => !arr[1].match(re))
 
     if (first_is_open && second_is_joining) {
       const possible_combination = arr[0] + arr[1]
diff --git a/plugins/speech/tests/syllables.test.js b/plugins/speech/tests/syllables.test.js
index 61b0d9a..a4f108a 100644
--- a/plugins/speech/tests/syllables.test.js
+++ b/plugins/speech/tests/syllables.test.js
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ const words = [
   'tur key',
   'cor si ca',
   'dev iled',
+  'si lent',
+  'ta lent',
+  'pa rent',
+  'a gent',
   // 'horse',
   // 'chance',
   // 'peo ple'