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Slant rhyme | In a closer contest than we were expecting, it turns out that "finger" and "singer" do indeed rhyme — but just barely. 56% of you hear the two words similarly, compared to 44% who don't. There are different ways to define a rhyme, and many of you think "finger" and "singer" only fit the most liberal definition. | Disagree with the results? Did you know the polls stay open? | |
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"They only rhyme if you're from Long Guyland." | —Stephen Kirtland | | "They rhyme enough to use as lyrics in a song or a poem. Are they phonetically indentical in the way they are pronounced no but that isn't the bar we set when we write a verse." | —Timothy Stiles |
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