Scarf and Giraffe don't rhyme

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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??

Yep, they certainly do!

Paws, pause, pours?

Don't forget pores and poor (if you use the singular of most of the others).

Had a Canadian friend who just about dislocated his jaw trying to prove to me they all sounded different. Yeah, jog on mate, and take your "fanny pack" with you....

An American friend gave us a book that rhymed carrot with share it. I told her about giraffe and scarf and she couldn’t get it at all.

Also, I had a weird discussion with someone who said that drawer isn’t pronounced draw.

In my part of the North-East they most definitely do not rhyme.

They rhyme for Australians!

And New Zealanders!

Except that draw and drawer aren’t pronounced the same. Drawer has two syllables. 😁

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Also, I had a weird discussion with someone who said that drawer isn’t pronounced draw.

Except that draw and drawer aren’t pronounced the same. Drawer has two syllables. 😁"

Agreed. Although it does explain why you see "chest of draws" for sale

Paws & pause rhyme are pronounced the same but pours is a totally different sound

I’m sat here trying to say ‘the cat has four pours’ and wondering what accent says it like that 🤔 I sound like I’m trying to do a royal accent 😆

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

Is the test you need folks. At least British/Irish folks.

I think you may be trying it the wrong way round, if your 'pour' has a rhotic pronunciation. Its more that non-rhotics would say 'he paws from a jug'.

Well, it isn't where I am. The second r is audibly pronounced. Just depends on location and accent.

Plant rhymes with Ant
Can't rhymes with Aunt
Giraffe with Naff
Scarf with Barf

They rhyme for me.

Same. But shone and dawn don't.
Brought up in London, live in the SE. I have travelled a bit and recognise that different accents have different pronunciation. I had difficulties years ago when trying to place a call from the US to home, using an automated service that did not understand my non-rhotic pronunciation.

Plant and can't do but not scarf and giraffe

Are you not pronouncing the "r" in pours or are you adding a "r" into your pronunciation of paws and pause?

They definitely don’t rhyme for me in my northern accent🤣

I'm a northerner and this book also had me confused when I first read it out loud. They do rhyme for my southern husband though.

@NC12345665 - no R.

Paws, pause and pours all sound identical in my voice, and giraffe and scarf definitely rhyme!

In which accent is drawer pronounced anything other than draw?

rhotic accents e.g. Irish accents, Scottish accents, American accents...

there's a big world of accents beyond the SE England!

Both rhyme for me

Same.