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Scarf and Giraffe don't rhyme

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SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 13/10/2022 21:26

Another night ready Julia Donaldson books and another frustrating non-rhymey rhyme.

Scarf and giraffe don't rhyme. Neither do plant and can't.

Anyone else??

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Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas · 13/10/2022 21:27

I agree.

Purplelion · 13/10/2022 21:27

I don’t see how plant and can’t don’t rhyme?

MyCousinDaphne · 13/10/2022 21:27

Both rhyme for me

TokyoSushi · 13/10/2022 21:27

I suppose scarfff and giraaarrrfff rhyme a bit. As do plarnt and can't - but it's very accent dependent! They don't rhyme for me!

TedMullins · 13/10/2022 21:28

Yes they do

JustPickleRick · 13/10/2022 21:28

They do if you live down south!

orbitalcrisis · 13/10/2022 21:28

They do if you're southern.

PragmaticWench · 13/10/2022 21:28

Err, but they do rhyme!

BillHadersLeftEye · 13/10/2022 21:28

Depends on your accent. Both rhyme in mine

DuckTails · 13/10/2022 21:28

They do rhyme. I won’t hear a word against Julia Donaldson.

Mum2jenny · 13/10/2022 21:28

They rhyme for me too

Flopisfatteningbingforchristmas · 13/10/2022 21:28

While we are discussing it ‘Rhyming Rabbit’ annoys me for reasons I can’t identify. He is annoying and the sheep is needy. On the whole I love JD books.

Melonymelony · 13/10/2022 21:28

They rhyme for me!

Talipesmum · 13/10/2022 21:28

They do with southern vowels. They don’t in Mancunian.
Southern vowels: scarrr-f and girarrr-f.
Mancunian: scarrr-f and giraffff

SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 13/10/2022 21:29

Purplelion · 13/10/2022 21:27

I don’t see how plant and can’t don’t rhyme?

Plant is a short 'a' sound like in Ant. Can't is a longer 'aarr' sort of sound.

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Smartiepants79 · 13/10/2022 21:29

They both rhyme the way I say them.
Sometime it will be to with accents and way of speaking.
They both rhyme quite easily if you think about the way you pronounce them.

SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 13/10/2022 21:29

TedMullins · 13/10/2022 21:28

Yes they do

No they don't.

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pennyfeatherington · 13/10/2022 21:29

Depends on your accent. Plant and can’t rhyme for me but not scarf and giraffe.
Most of her rhyming rhythm is excellent but sometimes there are accent differences.

musicandpassion · 13/10/2022 21:29

None of those things rhyme. The closest rhyme is scarf and can't, but they still don't actually rhyme.

fudgefiesta · 13/10/2022 21:29

Plant and can't do in quite a lot of accents, and scarf and sound pretty similar too. Not if I was reading them, but for many people they will.

SliceOfCakeCupOfTea · 13/10/2022 21:29

This is light-hearted btw Grin

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NameChangeLifeChange · 13/10/2022 21:29

They rhyme for me. Maybe you’re talking wrong Grin Northern DH has same issue

Smartiepants79 · 13/10/2022 21:29

plant and can’t can both be said with the short ‘a’ sound.

friedbrainrightnow · 13/10/2022 21:30

Plant and can’t definitely rhyme in my accent

mrsjimhopper · 13/10/2022 21:30

The definitely don't rhyme. It's like shone and dawn all over again.