These four words don’t rhyme in English
January 7, 2008 at 12:17 am | Posted in Language | 5 CommentsTags: English, German, rhyme
Orange
Silver
Purple
Month
Makes you think – why three colours? And this one doesn’t rhyme in German:
Mensch (man, meaning mankind)
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Wow! These words really got me thinking… And I am frantically trying to get any of the limited words that i know to rhyme with any one of them…
Is this a fact you read some where? Or just an observation?
Comment by Nova— January 9, 2008 #
I read it somewhere and it was presented as a fact – I am just stunned at the number (as German only has this one non-rhymable word)
Comment by anaj— January 9, 2008 #
door hinge and orange
Comment by emily— October 18, 2012 #
Pretzel I can’t believe not one website says that
Comment by PieFlyBye— August 17, 2013 #
sorry to rain on the parade, but:
orange: Blorenge, a hill in Wales
silver: chilver, a female lamb
purple: curple, the hindquarters of a horse
month: oneth, as in the one hundred and oneth time…it is also commonly used in fractions
Comment by Bob— December 9, 2014 #