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'Choose' rhymes with 'lose'? I mean c'mon, someone did that shit on purpose πŸ‘€

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This guy was British, rhyming "via" with "choir"

Previous, precious; fuchsia, via; Pipe, snipe, recipe and choir

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I think he was Dutch - but they do tend to speak β€œbetter” English than the English.

The difference in UK/US (amongst other first language English nations) pronunciation is something I know effects hip-hop lyricism (i.e. rapping) as different pronunciations mean some words only rhyme in your own dialect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Made" and "bade" supposedly not rhyming confused me, how is "bade" supposed to be pronounced?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's sounds like "bad", but with a shorter "a", so like "had"

Although I guess "bade" is used nowadays as well don't know how erroneous it's considered to be.

You can here people use it here

https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=I+bade&pos=4

https://www.playphrase.me/#/search?q=bade&pos=4

Seemingly Americans in those clips say "bade" (rhyming with "made") but Brits say "bade" (rhymes with "had")

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Right, and the poem is written in such a way that implies they do not.