Words that rhyme in your accent

[SleepingStandingUp]

Just said to DS

Count down from 10
Then count back up again

Which rhymed. Then I said it again and it didn't. Which made me think about the nightmare of writing rhyming books for children and the whole giraffe/scarf thing which defiantly doesn't work in my accent.

Also ftr I'm team:
My scone
Is alone
He likes to moan
But it lets his hone
His sculpting of bone.

God I hate teaching my kid phonics
Roll on September

We had a lovely book (Bedtime Bear) which had

"an owl.... in a towel"

I couldn't read it. Had to get H to do that one.

Also, tongues rhymes with songs (I blame Isaac Watts)

@merryhouse

We had a lovely book (Bedtime Bear) which had

"an owl.... in a towel"

I couldn't read it. Had to get H to do that one.

Yeah that rhymes for me

Finger and singer rhyme in my accent. I only found out this wasn't normal when trying to learn a new language, then I had to survey every other English speaker I knew!

Wait a minute... finger and singer aren’t supposed to rhyme??

Ten and again definitely rhyme to me.
Owl and towel too.

Bath and scarf but I know full well that's just bad English

Mary, merry, and marry sound exactly the same in my accent, and they rhyme with berry, carry, fairy, etc.

@HereWeStand they do if you’re from Yorkshire or Lancashire

Garage and marriage here!

Owl / towel
Finger / singer
Ten / again
Tongue / song
Scone / bone
Garage / marriage
Merry / berry
Look / luck

Giraffe & scarf don't rhyme. It's the 'short' a in my accent for bath, castle etc. Definitely non-rhotic.

Mary doesn't rhyme with those words @DotForShort (well, except fairy)

It's most annoying when people don't pronounce my name the way it's supposed to be said - I introduce myself and people mangle the pronunciation until it's a different name altogether!

I have a book which rhymes scarves with laughs.

Well this absolutely does not rhyme for me. I say laffs

I have this word, that grates if it’s not pronounced the way I say it, the way I think it is pronounced.
Can I ask opinions here please.
The word is - Battery, car battery, etc.
The way I say it, sounds like Battry.
But I hear others say it, sound like they are dragging the word out -
Bat - ter- ree.
Sorry, a bit off topic.

@DotForShort

Mary, merry, and marry sound exactly the same in my accent, and they rhyme with berry, carry, fairy, etc.

That's just blown my Midlands brain Mary and fairy Merry and berry Marry and carry

@lekkerkroketje

Finger and singer rhyme in my accent. I only found out this wasn't normal when trying to learn a new language, then I had to survey every other English speaker I knew!

Can someone explain how the don't??

Garage and marriage rhyme for me. And giraffe and scarf. Scone and gone.

In my accent finger has a hard g in the middle and singer doesn’t so they don’t rhyme for me.

@janaus50s

I have this word, that grates if it’s not pronounced the way I say it, the way I think it is pronounced. Can I ask opinions here please. The word is - Battery, car battery, etc. The way I say it, sounds like Battry. But I hear others say it, sound like they are dragging the word out - Bat - ter- ree. Sorry, a bit off topic.

I'd say it either tbh. Car battry or car bat er ry

I'm from Yorkshire.
Tongue = dung
Scone = gone
Bath = path = laugh = giraffe
Towel = owl
Again = ten

Finger ≠ singer though because I don't stress the "g" in singer

I always thought phonics must be much easier for northern kids compared to southern:
B-a-t-h for example does not sound out bath in southern-ish

Most rhymes I can hear how they rhyme on other accents- except tongue and song??

@MynameisMary

Mary doesn't rhyme with those words *@DotForShort* (well, except fairy)

It's most annoying when people don't pronounce my name the way it's supposed to be said - I introduce myself and people mangle the pronunciation until it's a different name altogether!

It does in my accent.

Tongue is pronounced same as tong in some accents. Tong and song rhyme for me.

Carl
And
Barrel

( the Scottish pronunciation of the mans name Carl sounds like Carol )
All those rolling R’s

Still need someone to do the phonics on singer and finger.

Sin huh
Fin guh

They rhyme 😂😂