Does it rhyme?

[Ewan's My Man]

Ok...last year at the beach my family and my cuz's were at a restaurant and my mom said that on a tv someone said "orange" and "doorhinge" rhymed. She, along with some other family members think thats true, while my cuz, Joy, and I rolled our eyes and said..."Yea...suuuuuuure it does...whateva!" So NEwayz...I wanted to find out wut u guyz think so pleez vote!!!

[Babes_Cat]

Haha, weird Lauren, just weird. But umm yeah I guess they kinda do. *shrugs*

[Czas na Zywiec]

Well they kinda rhyme, but not exacly. We read about this in Lit. class and it's called slang rhyme. Emily Dickinson was the first person to use "slang rhyme," and well no one liked it in her day. But it is a rhyme! :D

[Mr. Shy Guy]

If this is a joke, I don't get it. They don't rhyme.

[Montana Ponine]

Hmm, interesting topic!!! I can't decide if they rhyme or not..i mean, they kinda rhyme but not totally...i dont know!!!! why are you asking me!!!

LOL btw, my sister's name is Joy.. :D

[Kay Scarpetta]

They rhyme.. well

orange and doorhinge do at least

[Warm & Fuzzy]

The words: PURPLE, ORANGE, SILVER, and MONTH has no ryhming words..

[Ewan's My Man]

Ok...I m crackin up...keep on respondin peoplez!

[Mossopp]

Well it really depends how you pronounce the word "orange". I know when I say it it sounds more like "oringe", in which case it does rhyme with "doorhinge". However if you pronounce it properly then the 2 words do not rhyme.

[Hollow]

I dont think so.

[Warm & Fuzzy]

There's really no RIGHT pronouncation for a word, so.....

:D

[Mossopp]

Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
There's really no RIGHT pronouncation for a word, so.....

:D

Actually there are right and wrong pronounciations. With some words it's pretty widely accepted that there are different ways of pronouncing them. Like "aluminium" for example - the Americans say it with 4 syllables, in the UK we say it with 5 syllables. ("a-lum-in-um" as opposed to "al-lu-min-i-um") Same with "tomato" - you guys say it different to us.
But other words there are clear misproununciations. For example, if you said " computer" with the emphasis on the last syllable instead of the 2nd one then you'd clearly be pronouncing it wrong.
That's just one example. I don't really want to get into a huge debate about pronounciation on a message board cos it's kinda hard to make your point when you're typing the words instead of actually saying them.

[MJFfan]

They don't rhyme. Doorhinge and hoorange yes. Orange and Dooringe I guess, but orange and doorhinge? No. The H in doorhinge stops them from rhyming.

[LucyFan]

Originally posted by MJFfan
They don't rhyme. orange and doorhinge? No. The H in doorhinge stops them from rhyming.

I agree on this. They don't rhyme.