Talk:List of English words without rhymes
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Isn't this page titled "List of ENGLISH words without rhymes"? Why do people insist on trying to use words from other languages to rhyme these unrhymable words? Also, should slang that is not part of majority use be counted? Or, for that matter, made up "words" like names and such? If I say that glorange is a word I often use to mean "something made up" or that my parents named my sister Murple, that doesn't mean that these now become a part of the common contemporary English language and therefore orange and purple are now no longer rhymeless. This is why we have to stick to mainstream, scholarly accepted English language dictionaries for official word lists.
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[edit] Silver
Does "silver" have any rhymes? Can I add it? Dylanga 03:24, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Wait: I just read the rest of the article and had my question answered... never mind.
[edit] Purple
Purple does in fact have a rhyme, Hirple, ref: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561509841/hirple.html I'll leave it to somone else to validate this and update the main page.
I've also read a poem which was specifically written to spite the purple-naysayers, where it was rhymed with "burp'll" (contraction of "burp will"). But I don't recall where I read this.
[edit] Rhythm
OK... Rhythm rhymes with, among other words "algorithm" and "logarithm". Empty rhymes with "kempty," meaning 'rough hair or wool' (random but true). In the article, it is mentioned that orange rhymes with "sporange," and purple with "curple" or "hirple."
So rhythm, empty, orange and purple have been removed from the list.
Red Tim 22:06, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Different, Valve, and Luggage
Different rhymes with Coherent; Valve rhymes with Halve; Luggage rhymes with Baggage.
Am I wrong, or does the article really need some corrections in that field? :)
if 'different' rhymes with 'coherent' it rhymes with 'parent' too, so we must be careful of how subjective and/or fussy we are/aren't being. that said there are several more on that list that do actually rhyme with other words. oh and sign you name next time ;) Motorbyclist 11:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Just maybe
What about:
Mytle the Purple turtle did hurtle down the hill
?? 210.10.123.98 23:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Monster/Mobster
Doesn't the word "mobster" rhyme with "monster?" Or is "mobster" considered slang? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.70.242.196 (talk) 21:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC).
Uh, no. 82.93.10.238 22:53, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Duck?!
Why is duck on this list? Does not duck rhyme with buck, cluck, f***, luck, muck, puck, suck, stuck, struck, tuck, truck, and yuck? And probably with a list that long, a whole lot of other things too? 68.251.149.101 16:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
