Rhyming Words

#1

So, I was talking to one of our forum members today, and he says in a general convo that there are no words in the English language that rhyme with

month silver orange and purple

Now, I don't feel that is true...I think that words that rhyme work off of vowel sounds...I think that hurtful rhymes with purple (h&rt-f&l and purple is p&r-p&l)...I think month rhymes with hump...Orange and Torrents...Some other examples in our convo...

I think that Cat and Zach rhyme, he says no...
I think that Hay and Sleigh rhyme, and he agrees...

Any thoughts..? It could be just a difference in dialects, but...Ionno, maybe its something to it...

#2

Technically speaking, he's correct. A lot of songwriters and others play loose with rhymes to make their stuff work, but it's not a true rhyme.

Cat - Hat, rhyme
Cat - Zach, not

#3

Maybe so, but...

Cat is phoenetically kat, and Zach is phoenetically zak, is it not..?

#4

Juicy J says "burple" a lot...Does that count? That's the only one I can come up with...

#5

The survey says Burple is a word
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burple

#6

QUOTE("AYHJA")Maybe so, but...

Cat is phoenetically kat, and Zach is phoenetically zak, is it not..?

Yes, that is correct, the vowel sounds are identical, however a rhyme is more than just matching vowel sounds. The ending consonant sounds must match as well. Thus, cat, mat, rat, fat, pat, etc are all rhymes. Zach, whack, tack, rack, jack, etc are all rhymes.

Follow?

It gets a little more complex and cloudy on multisyllable words, more gray area and disagreement over how "exact" one must be.

#7

So by that definition,

Unit and Unix don't rhyme..?

Damn, this is all I could come up with for a definition of rhyme:

The basic definition of rhyme is two words that sound alike
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/virtual ... e_def.html

Byeond that, all the dictionary says is terminal sounds, ie, the end part of the word...And to be similar in sound...So, any words that pretty much have the same end form and or are similar in sound, rhyme...

Even Better:
http://teenwriting.about.com/library/we ... 20902a.htm

#8

That second entry is one of the better definitions of rhyme that I've seen. That first one was pretty slack for a literary aid.

#9

Yeah, the second definition is very in-depth...Is it really feasible to count half-rhymes, etc...Either is or ain't, huh? 2 times down to Juicy J.... :king:

#10

"Half-rhymes" are used more in older literary pieces, not so common anymore.