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We already know orange is one, but what are the other 3?
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Problem: your statement is INCORRECT! There are MANY words in English that have no rhyme!
Note that for a pair of words to "rhyme" (in the sense you are talking about) EVERY sound in the words from the vowel of the syllable with the main stress (accent) to the end of the word must match EXACTLY. Now when the main stress falls on the LAST syllable it is usually fairly easy to find a rhyme. When the stress is FURTHER from the end, it is often the case that there is no perfect rhyme.
So, notice that in the paragraph I just wrote, the following words with stress not on the last syllable have NO perfect rhyme:
every, syllable, accent, further, perfect
I assume you have in mind very SHORT words (and esp one-syllalbe words), as well as a few oft-mentioned color-words like:
month, oink, pint, valve, kiln (for dialects in which the /n/ is pronounced),
silver
But try these 200+ longer ones for a stat (I'm listing only a smattering and only ones with the accent TWO syllables from the end):
absence, absent, access, actress, advent, ancient, android,angry, anklet, aphid, arid, aspect, aspen, aspirin, astral, auction, auger, auspice, autumn, avid, awesome, awkward, axle
badger, bankrupt, basic, bastard, bottom, brackish, brutish,budget, bugler, bungler, butcher
campus, capsule, carbine, carpal, cashless, childish, children, chimney, chintzy, comfort, compass, concert, conference, conga, convent, cordless, corporate, country, courage, cowboy, crimson, cruelty, cudgel, culprit
damsel, decal, different, difference, digest, dirndl, dolphin, drainage, drainboard, dreadnought, ducal
earthy, empress, empty, entrance, envy, equine, errand, ethics, exit, export, extra
fascist, faucet, featured, filming, fiscal, fitful, fixate, flimsy, foible, foppish, fortune, freshness, fruitful
gadget, gangster, gargle, globule, grommet
happen, hapless, harness, harshness, harvest, headache, hermit,hopeless, hospice, hubris, hungry
igloo, import, infant, influx, inlet, input, instance, instant,insult, irksome
jackass, jaundice, justice
larva, leprous, limit, limpid, listener, lively, livestock, luckless, luggage, luscious, lustrous
market, matchless, medic, merchant, message, milner, mistress, monster, morphine, music
nimbus, nonsense, nordic
oafish, object, office, offspring, olive, opera, orange, orbit,orchid, osprey, ostrich, oval
patience, peerage, perfect, perfume, pervert, picnic, piston, pixel, pizza, plankton, poison, postage, posture, potent, portent, pressure, pretext, program, promise, pueblo, publish, pungent, punish, purchase, putrid
rascal, reflux, reject, research, rhythm, rodent, roughage, rubric
salve, satchel, sausage, secret, seepage, sequin, sergeant, serpent, shameful, sinful, sixty, slippage, smugness, snorkel, sofa, starchy, strychnine, subject, substance, suffrage
tangent, temptress, tipster, tonnage, tonsils, torpid, traipsing, transient, transit, treacle, tubule
uncial, uncle, unctuous, urchin, useful, useless
vengeance, vineyard, virile, vulgar
wallet, warble, warp, wasp, wastrel, watchful, wicked, winsome, wintry, wishful, wordless
Problem: your statement is INCORRECT! There are MANY words in English that have no rhyme!
Note that for a pair of words to "rhyme" (in the sense you are talking about) EVERY sound in the words from the vowel of the syllable with the main stress (accent) to the end of the word must match EXACTLY. Now when the main stress falls on the LAST syllable it is usually fairly easy to find a rhyme. When the stress is FURTHER from the end, it is often the case that there is no perfect rhyme.
So, notice that in the paragraph I just wrote, the following words with stress not on the last syllable have NO perfect rhyme:
every, syllable, accent, further, perfect
I assume you have in mind very SHORT words (and esp one-syllalbe words), as well as a few oft-mentioned color-words like:
month, oink, pint, valve, kiln (for dialects in which the /n/ is pronounced),
silver
But try these 200+ longer ones for a stat (I'm listing only a smattering and only ones with the accent TWO syllables from the end):
absence, absent, access, actress, advent, ancient, android,angry, anklet, aphid, arid, aspect, aspen, aspirin, astral, auction, auger, auspice, autumn, avid, awesome, awkward, axle
badger, bankrupt, basic, bastard, bottom, brackish, brutish,budget, bugler, bungler, butcher
campus, capsule, carbine, carpal, cashless, childish, children, chimney, chintzy, comfort, compass, concert, conference, conga, convent, cordless, corporate, country, courage, cowboy, crimson, cruelty, cudgel, culprit
damsel, decal, different, difference, digest, dirndl, dolphin, drainage, drainboard, dreadnought, ducal
earthy, empress, empty, entrance, envy, equine, errand, ethics, exit, export, extra
fascist, faucet, featured, filming, fiscal, fitful, fixate, flimsy, foible, foppish, fortune, freshness, fruitful
gadget, gangster, gargle, globule, grommet
happen, hapless, harness, harshness, harvest, headache, hermit,hopeless, hospice, hubris, hungry
igloo, import, infant, influx, inlet, input, instance, instant,insult, irksome
jackass, jaundice, justice
larva, leprous, limit, limpid, listener, lively, livestock, luckless, luggage, luscious, lustrous
market, matchless, medic, merchant, message, milner, mistress, monster, morphine, music
nimbus, nonsense, nordic
oafish, object, office, offspring, olive, opera, orange, orbit,orchid, osprey, ostrich, oval
patience, peerage, perfect, perfume, pervert, picnic, piston, pixel, pizza, plankton, poison, postage, posture, potent, portent, pressure, pretext, program, promise, pueblo, publish, pungent, punish, purchase, putrid
rascal, reflux, reject, research, rhythm, rodent, roughage, rubric
salve, satchel, sausage, secret, seepage, sequin, sergeant, serpent, shameful, sinful, sixty, slippage, smugness, snorkel, sofa, starchy, strychnine, subject, substance, suffrage
tangent, temptress, tipster, tonnage, tonsils, torpid, traipsing, transient, transit, treacle, tubule
uncial, uncle, unctuous, urchin, useful, useless
vengeance, vineyard, virile, vulgar
wallet, warble, warp, wasp, wastrel, watchful, wicked, winsome, wintry, wishful, wordless
Are you freaked out by kids learning computers?
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We just bumped into a guy and he was all freaked out about kindergartners learning computers. We are buying our not even two year old a tablet for Christmas. To me we live in a world with computers so it's something for kids to learn.
I wonder if when the pen was invented if people freaked if kids learned that.
These kids and their d@mn heiroglyphics. What's this world coming to?
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No.
Actually, its good they get to learn stuff at school which we never got a chance to. I learned it all hands-on. My little niece was even taught how to create their own animations at school !
And kids are so much more computer-savvy; or should I say electronic-gadget-savvy at younger & younger ages.
In fact computers can be a great help for special needs children too.
What I do feel a bit concerned about, is the internet. Access to any kind of material at an Immature age is causing problems. And unfortunately parental guidance, security, vigilance can be overcome fairly easily.
Further, only time will tell whether some crucial skills & abilities were inculcated or not eg. memory, critical thinking, etc. Physical posture/ailments might become an issue too.
No.
Actually, its good they get to learn stuff at school which we never got a chance to. I learned it all hands-on. My little niece was even taught how to create their own animations at school !
And kids are so much more computer-savvy; or should I say electronic-gadget-savvy at younger & younger ages.
In fact computers can be a great help for special needs children too.
What I do feel a bit concerned about, is the internet. Access to any kind of material at an Immature age is causing problems. And unfortunately parental guidance, security, vigilance can be overcome fairly easily.
Further, only time will tell whether some crucial skills & abilities were inculcated or not eg. memory, critical thinking, etc. Physical posture/ailments might become an issue too.
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