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Philip Chapman-Bell

On Delancey, young pickleman Silver
Sold his wares to a toothless ditch-delver
"It took him two hours,
To gum down that half-sour --
What on earth can he want the huge dill for?"

CraigC

There was a young fan from PA
Wore his Pirates togs every day
The fan's name was Silver
His favorite was Wilver
And he'd watch him hit homers all day

Jake

Oranges poranges, who says,
oranges poranges, who says,
oranges poranges, who says?
there ain't no rhyme for oranges!


-Witchipoo, H.R. Puf'n'stuf (c. 1970)

dorkafork

I can do tin.

CGHill

Ogden Nash (I think it was) said this:

"There are no rhymes for orange or silver
Unless liberties you pilfer."

Minnesotastan

I admire the blog "Scribal Terror,"
Which posed the question if there're
Any words rhyme with "silver"
So I offer the uncommon "chilver" -
That's a real word (not an internet error).

Chilver (see the O.E.D.): a ewe-lamb. The stem word "kilv" is related to "kalv" and thus to "calf."

Stan

Minnesotastan

And for "orange" we offer a proper name (of a real person):

In Sparkill buried lies that man of mark
Who brought the Obelisk to Central Park,
Redoubtable Commander H.H. Gorringe,
Whose name supplies the rhyme for “orange.”

Stan

p.s. - try "purple" and "month"

Minnesotastan

There's also this contrivance (not my creation) -

The poor eng-
ineer wore an orange
brassiere.

...and I found on the net that there's a mountain in Wales that rhymes with orange -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blorenge

Stan

(the "Gorringe" offering was also a 'net find, not my creation)

CraigC

In case you're wondering, "Wilver" was Willie Stargell's given name.

Kevin P. Edgecomb

What rhymes with orange? How about sporran? It's close enough....

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