To find this wrong in a young child's book - particularly in a Bookstart book?

[PrettyCandles]

'bath' rhymed with 'laugh'.

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Go get a life , do you really not have anything better to think about.

Is a love of bad books better than no love of books at all????

actually, I say "barrth" and "larff". I really still think it's OK and not damaging as such.

errr TC

if they rhymed you'd say: laarth

or baarf

really

Oh Madhouse, now we're really getting onto a question.

Grass is pronounced grars in the south, and grass in the north. I think southerners simply spell it wrong.

no, it's not damaging

but it's the troof

IT'S NOT WRONG.
It IS assonance.
It's only the main sound that has to rhyme for it to flow for a nice sing-song sound to it. And that's the point of rhyming in the first place. Jeez.
barrrrr and larrrr
or ba and la

AAAAGH
Why is this thread making me so cross?!!

PMSL - "Unless your normal language is barf and larf as in sarf london, it's simply wrong. Not that I care at all, but there are so many fantastic rhyming books out there, I set my standards higher."

Ohhh priceless, this entire thread. Can we put this in the classic thread section please?

Perhaps the author was from London, and didn't see anything wrong, along with most sane people, with rhyming 'barth' and 'larf'.

I'm not from South London btw.
I'm a posh pinner bird!

Not arsonance then?

This thread is ridiculous, agree it needs to be entered into the classic section.

Bundle - look, the way I say barth and laarrf they do sodding rhyme. It's not perfect, but it's a pretty good damn match, okay!

Of course, anyone who has seen "Educating Rita" knows that assonance is otherwise known as "getting the rhyme wrong"!

PMSL at posh pinner! Not saying it's not, but jsut the name makes my heart sink. My grandmother lives there and the memory of the trek from here to there to have christmas lunch and sit for hours chewing my hands off with boredom makes me feel quite edgy, even now.

(damn can't believe I missed that PandaG raised the assonance bit before me anyway. Just trying to look smart. Damn.)

Gess - see what happens when one ventures out of SN's.
It's utter madness anywhere else!

I nearly added that UQD but thought it wouldn't really support my point

I still prefer Linley Dodd.

Pooka - how very dare you!
Pinner is never dull when I'm around darrrrling!
And Pinner is very, VERY posh!

TH

& FF

dont rhyme

it dun't matter wot yer accent iz

Thanks Custardo (not that I care in the slightest anyway...[hmmm])

I think I can see all the points of view on this thread .

Was having a discussion with DS (3.9) yesterday about teh way to pronounce "grass". We are more of the "gr-arse" pronunciation here tbh, but he said he thought it sounded better as "grass". Not sure what relevance that has to this thread, but I found it quite interesting anyway .

I also like Lynley Dodd .

Whateveeerrrr!

But - Barth and laarrf do sodding rhyme.

th
& ff

DON'T RHYME

unless peerhaps one has a speech pattern which includes pronouncing bath baff