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Old 11-08-2009, 08:37 PM
 
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Did you know... No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple?
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Old 11-08-2009, 08:42 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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You don't say! How about ronth, morange, bilver and gurple?? Now, I just have to come up with meanings for these words. LOL
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Old 11-08-2009, 11:19 PM
 
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Did you know... No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple?
Yes, but do you know why?
Last edited by fuzzymystic; 11-08-2009 at 11:22 PM.. Reason: I don't! Just thought I'd ask!
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Old 11-08-2009, 11:23 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Roger Miller disagreed. He ryhmed purple with "maple syurple."

By the way....did YOU know there are no English words which begin with the letter Q in which the second letter is not U?
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Old 11-09-2009, 12:25 AM
 
Location: Covington County, Alabama
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English is my worst subject so I would never have known.
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Old 11-09-2009, 01:06 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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curple - Wiktionary

hirple - Wiktionary

chilver - Wiktionary

More English words without rhymes:

Bulb
Gulf
Wolf
Cusp
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Old 11-09-2009, 05:40 AM
 
Location: Sudcaroland
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Range rhymes with Orange.
Words in ER rhyme with Silver.
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:01 AM
 
Location: California
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Oh come on.....I remember my brother and cousins giving "purple nurples" to each other! (OW!)
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:14 AM
 
Location: Under the SUNNY WARM SUN ....
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Knock, Knock ...

Who'se there?

Orange!

Orange Who?

Orangcha glad to see me??!!

(silly!)
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Old 11-09-2009, 06:35 AM
 
Location: The #1 sunshine state, Arizona.
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Did you know... No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple?


Um excuse me, didn't you ever give or get a purple nurple?
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