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

@SleepingStandingUp

Calf laugh Eh? C ah of L aff

No idea how giraffe and scarf would rhyme
gi rarffe. L arffe I think.

Calf and laugh rhyme if you pronounce them both to rhyme with scarf and giraffe

I'm not sure about "c ah of" - please tell me this is a typo for "c ah f"? Or are we moving into pork-fork territory?

Surely people don't say Simon Cowell's surname as one syllable? Even if you do, you must have heard it said with two (or at the very least one and a half): that's how I say towel.

I'm quite happy saying GA-raajhe, ga-RAAJHE or GArridge, and genuinely can't remember what was normal growing up (Leics).

And I'm glad to see other people say tongue to rhyme with song. My husband is convinced that's just me being weird.

One of my minor annoyances was a (mostly northern) congregation singing

Love shall stand [short a]
at his hand [short a]
joy doth wait on his commaaaand

Giraffe, scarf, half, laugh...all rhyme to me! East London

@DotForShort

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

Where are you from @DotForShort ?

I'm Team OP with pronunciation of words listed so far. I'm West Midlands but I know some words are said very differently in the East Midlands .

Tongue & lung here!

Giraffe and laugh rhyme to me but scarf doesn’t because of the “r”

If I recall correctly, “poor” and “pour” sound the same in Southern accents, but not in Northern/Scottish ones
For me poor rhymes with moor and pour with more but also somehow with door and floor

@TokyoSushi

Tongue & lung here!

Are there accents where they don’t rhyme? I can’t figure out how to say either of them any differently!

Calf laugh and barf are completely different in my accent and none of them rhyme at all.

Cahl-f
Laf
bar-f

Scone rhymes with gone

I caht a ball on the cort (caught and court)

Her and hair also don't really rhyme

Squirrel and girl rhyme in my accent.

And the letters I and J

The letter R, or, whore, and oar all rhyme in mine

All born and bred in the same city:
Garage
Me - garij/ DM - garaahj
Plaster
Me - plas ter/ dm - plarster
Look
Me - luck/ dgf- luke
Bald
Me - borld/ sis - bold

@riotlady Yes, I seem to be in the minority around here (Cheshire) lots of people say tongue as tong, to rhyme with gong, including DH, it sounds wrong to me!

Squirrel and girl rhyme in my accent.*
How?

The letter R, or, whore, and oar all rhyme in mine
R. ah
Whore h or
Oar or

@shinynewapple2020 yup westmids too

Bath (the city) and
Half.

To me they are
Barth
and
Harf.

There is a half marathon known as the Bath Half. I'm also local to the area and everyone I know pronounces them that way.

Hood rhymes with rude in my NE accent.

Anyone else here with a North Shoosbree Shrewsbury accent and wondering what the hell is going on with these rhyming words?!

In my accent Luke and look are pronounced exactly the same. DH cannot get his head round it. He seems to be able to pronounce them differently. they are homophones to me!

Fairy and ferry are also homophones to me

@SingleHandSue

Anyone else here with a North Shoosbree Shrewsbury accent and wondering what the hell is going on with these rhyming words?!

Sh ru Or Sh to That is the question

Sh ru
Or
Sh ro

Layer and lair.

I'm not sure about "c ah of" - please tell me this is a typo for "c ah f"? Or are we moving into pork-fork territory? C ah lf I meant lol

I still don't get how singer and finger wouldn't rhyme! I have never heard anyone say song or singer without the g!

I am also West Mids. Year and were rhyme for me. Also tooth is pronounced "tuth" but I can't think of another word that rhymes with that.

@SleepingStandingUp

Sh ru Or Sh ro

For me neither, it’s Shoosbree