# Purple & Orange, any other words without rhymes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685 "2005-02-06T19:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ashes53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ashes53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashes53)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/1 "2005-02-06T19:32:07Z")
We all learned back in elementary school that there are no words in the english language that rhyme with orange or purple. Although on a coloring sheet my teachers got a little creative, “Purple, Purple had to burble.” :dubious: So I’ve been wondering what other words in the english language don’t rhyme with anything? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/2 "2005-02-06T19:32:48Z")
Silver. ---
**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/3 "2005-02-06T19:34:26Z")
You never got a purple nurple in elementary school? ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/4 "2005-02-06T19:45:19Z")
guitar ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/5 "2005-02-06T19:46:24Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > guitar Sitar. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/6 "2005-02-06T19:49:47Z")
Floccinaucinihilipilification? ---
**Author:** ![IGJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/igjoe/32/5420_2.png) [@IGJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/7 "2005-02-06T20:04:10Z")
Well, I can’t come up with any for either _English_ or _language_… ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/8 "2005-02-06T20:17:29Z")
Orange: Melange, Menage Purple: Turtle ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/9 "2005-02-06T20:18:49Z")
> [@IGJoe](#): > > Well, I can’t come up with any for either _English_ or _language_… Angry… Hungry…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/10 "2005-02-06T20:24:48Z")
“Roses are red, violets are blue But violets are violet! It just isn’t true! Pinkies are pink, but Greenland’s not green… Oranges are orange, so what does it mean? To call something blue when it’s not is to defile it… But hey, what they heck, it’s hard to rhyme violet.” –Dot’s Poetry Corner, Animaniacs ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/11 "2005-02-06T20:26:43Z")
Oh dear. I just discovered that this isn’t the whole poem. I missed two lines. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/12 "2005-02-06T20:37:25Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Orange: Melange, Menage > Purple: Turtle Huh? - they just sound a bit similar. The real answers are true rhymes: Hurple - to walk with a limp Blorange - a hill in Wales Chilver - a ewe lamb ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/13 "2005-02-06T20:52:14Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Angry… Hungry…? > 😃 :smack: Grrr… Kill the **furryman**! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/14 "2005-02-06T20:59:50Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Huh? - they just sound a bit similar. I think you could rhyme turtle with purple and get away with it. Melange and menage aren’t pronounced anything like orange, though. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/15 "2005-02-06T21:39:39Z")
Depending on the particular pronunciation, “orange” can rhyme reasonably closely with “door-hinge”. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/16 "2005-02-06T21:43:16Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think you could rhyme turtle with purple and get away with it. Melange and menage aren’t pronounced anything like orange, though. They are (sort of) if you use a French pronunciation, i.e., duck a l’orange is a wonderful melange. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/17 "2005-02-06T21:55:43Z")
Month ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/18 "2005-02-06T22:35:12Z")
**Roger Miller** (may he rest in peace), came up with a great “purple” rhyme in his song “Dang Me” “They say roses are red and violets are purple, sugar is sweet and so in maple _syrple_.” **Mangetout** - month – good one How about **bulb**? ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/19 "2005-02-07T00:50:19Z")
Orange sort-of rhymes with syringe Brian ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685/20 "2005-02-07T01:09:52Z")
They say in English you can’t find A word to rhyme with ‘month’ I tried and failed a hndred times But did it the hundred and oneth Not sure who wrote this, but it wasn’t me. I just half-remember it from ages ago. These discussions tend to get bogged down into finely sliced opinions about what constitutes a ‘true’ rhyme, and different interpretations based on accent and pronunciation. I think for ‘orange’ a good poet could make usable rhymes out of words including ‘syringe’, ‘hinge’, ‘strange’ and ‘grange’, according to accent and pronunciation. There’s also caesura (line break) to consider, as it allows one to ‘cheat’ a little. I just (hastily) made up an example: Be it white or brown or purple I’d never wear an animal skin So if I ever do wear fur, pull The trigger and do me in [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purple-orange-any-other-words-without-rhymes/288685.md?page=2)