The rumor that "orange" rhymes with no other word is incorrect. Orange rhymes with Blorenge (a mountain in Wales) and sporange (a sac where spores are made).
2007-02-22 16:32:33
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answered by foniboki 4
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orange......lol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(word)
It is is widely accepted that no single English word is a true rhyme for orange, though there are half rhymes such as lozenge or flange.[1]
However, there are proper nouns which are true rhymes, including Blorenge, a hill in Wales, and Gorringe, a surname. US Naval Commander Henry Honychurch Gorringe, the captain of the USS Gettysburg who discovered Gorringe Ridge in 1875[2], led Arthur Guiterman to quip in "Local Note":
In Sparkill buried lies that man of mark
Who brought the Obelisk to Central Park,
Redoubtable Commander H.H. Gorringe,
Whose name supplies the long-sought rhyme for "orange."
Some nonce words have been coined specifically to rhyme with orange, such as:
* grorange — a blend of green and orange (occurs in a Mario Brothers novel)
* borange — "rubbish", "of poor quality" (coined by comedian Ross Noble on the Triple J Ross & Terri show).
Compounds or sequences of words may give true or near rhymes in some accents. Examples include door-hinge, torn hinge, or inch, a wrench.
Enjambment can also provide for rhymes. One example is Willard Espy's poem, "The Unrhymable Word: Orange":
The four eng-
ineers
Wore orange
brassieres.
An even more strained example by Tom Lehrer relies on the New York-New Jersey accent's way of pronouncing orange as "ar-ange":
Eating an orange
While making love
Makes for bizarre enj-
oyment thereof.
2007-02-23 00:50:58
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answered by D'reux 5
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In the English Dictionary there is no possible rhyming word with orange, purple and silver.
Unless it's a made up word it's impossible.
But if you insist.....range??? lol
2007-02-23 00:58:25
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answered by syfox133 2
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There is no word in the English language that rhymes with orange.
2007-02-23 00:32:25
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answered by Love Mullet 2
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There are many words that have no rhyme in the English language. "Orange" is only the most famous. Other words that have no rhyme include:
silver, purple, month, ninth, pint, wolf,
opus, dangerous, marathon, and discombobulate
2007-02-23 00:33:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Orange doesn't rhyme with any words in the english dictionary.
2007-02-23 00:33:57
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answered by Lunatri 2
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Nothing rhymes with orange in the english language!
2007-02-23 00:33:10
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answered by Anonymous
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There are no words that rhyme with orange
2007-02-23 00:43:31
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answered by MuZzZ 4
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no word rhymes with orange
2007-02-23 01:11:38
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answered by Anonymous
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I went on a hungry BINGE
and ate more than one ORANGE
all while my oven door came off its HINGE
and a spark flew out thus causing to SINGE
my yellow rug, turning its color to Burnt ORANGE!
2007-02-23 01:00:22
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answered by Adios 7
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