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Altimadark
10/11/11 8:41:00 AM
#1:


...rhyme with orange.

Given that their pronunciations all end with "inj" or "(upsidedown e)nj":

binge
cringe
dinge
fringe
hinge
impinge
infringe
lozenge
singe
springe
swinge
syringe
tinge
twinge
unhinge
whinge

Discuss.

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DeathChicken
10/11/11 8:43:00 AM
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Not unless you were pronouncing 'Orange' as 'Inge'

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Biolizard28
10/11/11 8:44:00 AM
#3:


All of these words.

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pjbasis
10/11/11 8:46:00 AM
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I see no problems here.
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Leebo86
10/11/11 8:47:00 AM
#5:


DeathChicken posted...
Not unless you were pronouncing 'Orange' as 'Inge'

Considering that rhyming is usually pretty lenient, and that the schwa sound is acceptable for "orange", it's not a big stretch.

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Silvercross
10/11/11 8:47:00 AM
#6:


To be fair, if you wrote a song and were trying to rhyme lyrics with orange, these would work.

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metroid composite
10/11/11 8:55:00 AM
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I pronounce it Or-ah-nge, not Or-in-ge so....

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Leebo86
10/11/11 8:57:00 AM
#8:


Do you really say "ahnge" like a snooty French person?

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Altimadark
10/11/11 8:58:00 AM
#9:


metroid composite posted...
I pronounce it Or-ah-nge, not Or-in-ge so....

...so you're the first person I've met who pronounces it with three syllables.

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EndOfDiscOne
10/11/11 9:05:00 AM
#10:


One syllable ftw

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Altimadark
10/11/11 10:39:00 AM
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Citrus BUNP

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foolm0ron
10/11/11 10:43:00 AM
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From: EndOfDiscOne | #010
One syllable ftw


this

Ornj

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WazzupGenius00
10/11/11 10:49:00 AM
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door hinge is my go-to rhyme for orange

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metroid composite
10/11/11 10:53:00 AM
#14:


Leebo86 posted...
Do you really say "ahnge" like a snooty French person?

Probably; I was bilingual French and English growing up, so...yeah.

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LeonhartFour
10/11/11 10:54:00 AM
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From: EndOfDiscOne | #010
One syllable ftw


Yes, sir.

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