1. SubscriberGhost of a Duke
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    31 Oct '15 08:33
    Borange

    The colour that isn't quite orange but not quite brown either.
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    The post that was quoted here has been removed
    My accent is south east England (but not London) with a wee bit of west Ireland when alcohol is applied.
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    Stonehenge.
  5. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    31 Oct '15 10:19
    Originally posted by FMF
    There have been three or four pointed out to you already.
    "List of English words without rhymes

    orange /ˈ-ɒrɨndʒ/, rhymes with Blorenge, a hill in Wales,[8][9]"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_without_rhymes
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    31 Oct '15 10:26
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    [b]"List of English words without rhymes

    orange /ˈ-ɒrɨndʒ/, rhymes with Blorenge, a hill in Wales,[8][9]"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_without_rhymes[/b]
    And we all know that Wikipedia's editing is supervised by a bunch of Brits who generally won't even let American spellings get through.
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    31 Oct '15 10:31
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    [b]"List of English words without rhymes

    orange /ˈ-ɒrɨndʒ/, rhymes with Blorenge, a hill in Wales,[8][9]"

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_without_rhymes[/b]
    It has been clearly demonstrated to you that 'orange' does have words that rhyme with it - several of them. You can read them on this thread. 😉
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    31 Oct '15 10:35
    Originally posted by Suzianne
    And we all know that Wikipedia's editing is supervised by a bunch of Brits who generally won't even let American spellings get through.
    I thought the Wikipedia headquarters were in San Francisco.
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    Originally posted by Suzianne
    And we all know that Wikipedia's editing is supervised by a bunch of Brits who generally won't even let American spellings get through.
    Yep, the thought did occur. An English Professor made our class aware of this word without a rhyme decades ago. She also informed us that the word "manufacture" [manufactured and manufacturing] is curiously the only word in the English Language which contains the three letters "ufa" in that sequence. Possible exceptions today may include recently coined words, abbreviations or acronyms found on the Urban Slang website.
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    Derange is close. Lemon is very deranged. Sorry....had to put it in a sentence.
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    31 Oct '15 11:04
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    An English Professor made our class aware of this word without a rhyme decades ago.
    What do you make of the evidence that conflicts with your opinion?
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    31 Oct '15 11:31
    Originally posted by Suzianne
    Only if you have a speech impediment.

    The vowel sound in "orange" is clearly an "a" sound, not an "i" sound.
    No one says "oraaange."
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    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    She also informed us that the word "manufacture" [manufactured and manufacturing] is curiously the only word in the English Language which contains the three letters "ufa" in that sequence.
    There are the words tufa, tufaceous, calctufa, calctufas, chufa, chufas.
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    31 Oct '15 11:42
    Someone once said to Mark Twain that "sugar" is the only word in the English language in which "s" sounds like "sh" and he replied "Are you sure?"
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    Originally posted by moonbus
    Someone once said to Mark Twain that "sugar" is the only word in the English language in which "s" sounds like "sh" and he replied "Are you sure?"
    I wonder if that someone's "best of his knowledge" was, nevertheless, impervious to "better knowledge"? 😉
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