Poll: An argument i am having
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"The word rhyme can be used in a specific and a general sense. In the specific sense, two words rhyme if their final stressed vowel and all following sounds are identical; two lines of poetry rhyme if their final strong positions are filled with rhyming words. A rhyme in the strict sense is also called a perfect rhyme. Examples are sight and flight, deign and gain, madness and sadness." -wikipedia
I guess they do rhyme... maybe?
[small]I wish english was my native language-.-'[/small]
I guess they do rhyme... maybe?
[small]I wish english was my native language-.-'[/small]
Oh, I see what you did there...zen5887 said:
Well, maybe 70% of the people who came in here did, but somebody had to say it.
Depends on what accent you're using. I remember reading the work of Seamus Heaney in English class and thinking that it didn't rhyme until my English teacher did it in an Irish accent. The difference was incredible.
Two words rhyme if their ending is the same. So yes, fisherman and fireman do rhyme. Usually the ending syllable of a rhyme is exactly the same but for one consonant, but if it's exactly the same it's still technically a rhyme.
Everyone pronounces fisherman as "fishermun" or "fishermen". I have not heard anyone say "Fisher-Man" except for a text-to-speech program, and as you know they don't count.
So "fire-man" does not rhyme. Yes, you could say "but they have the same end letters!" But consider this:
The word "dough"
and the word "cough"
written almost identically, pronounced NOTHING LIKE EACH OTHER.
So "fire-man" does not rhyme. Yes, you could say "but they have the same end letters!" But consider this:
The word "dough"
and the word "cough"
written almost identically, pronounced NOTHING LIKE EACH OTHER.
Wow, you seem to have minimal experience with dialects. Both fisherman and fireman can be pronounced with any of the variations on man commonly found. Do the words rhyme? Very poorly, if you were a poet you would be scorned for such a lazy rhyme. As a note however to the people above. Man and Man do not rhyme, a requirement of words rhyming is that they be different words.Korolev said:
They rhyme because it ends with the same additive. Saying otherwise is like saying "Cat and Cat don't rhyme because they're the same word." It would be terrible to put into poetry but yes they do rhyme.
Cat and cat don't rhyme because they are the same word. Fisherman and fireman do rhyme because despite being compound words with the same ending they are not the same word.Aulleas123 said:
UnableToThinkOfName said:
errr yeah obviousley
and besides i pronounce fisherman fishermun and fireman firemun
so they sound like they rhyme
errr yeah otherwise that would make this forum pointless.....the whole point of this forum was to see who was "right" by way of poll.....since the ecapist is the only site with forums that are not jam packed full of retards i came hereBatfred said: