2006-08-12 11:54:56 · 6 answers · asked by intherain; 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Technically, in the rules of rhyming, no. Usually you rhyme a single word with another single word--that is called a "perfect" rhyme. So, a single word would have to rhyme with orange to count. You go to 2 words or more or "near rhymes" to get the example you quote. The same applies for silver and purple.
In order to be a perfect rhyme, you go from the first vowel to the end of the word to find rhymes-- for example river has words that rhyme like liver, shiver, quiver. The part that repeats is the
-iver. In order for a word to rhyme perfectly with orange--it would have to be the whole word. Silver would have to have words that have -ilver in them to rhyme. Purple would have to have words that have -urple in them to rhyme. That is why those words don't have rhymes--no other words have that.
You can rhyme orange if you use the -nge part only--like you did with hinge--but again, that isn't a perfect rhyme.
2006-08-12 17:08:55 · answer #1 · answered by sidnee_marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's actually one of the best I've heard since orange and purple have no real words that rhyme.
Door Hinge is very clever.
Now how about Silver?
2006-08-12 12:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by communion6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. Hinge rhymes with syringe, binge...
No "real" English word rhymes with Orange.
2006-08-12 12:08:23 · answer #3 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds good to me... there is no one word that rhymes with orange, as my rhyming dictionary tells me, but several phrases do, such as "door hinge".
2006-08-12 12:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by imapastry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
works for me
sounds right
2006-08-12 13:21:55 · answer #5 · answered by domi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YEP!
2006-08-12 13:55:51 · answer #6 · answered by amanda_loo_hoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋