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Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:00 AM
What word rhymes with silver?
NOTE: not Sil'fer, or Shiva XD

Scejntjynahl
Sep 13, 2005, 11:01 AM
sliver
liver
quiver



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Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:07 AM
no.

Sayara
Sep 13, 2005, 11:11 AM
Pilfer, like ILL PILFE YOU.

i dunno. My riddle was better

Scejntjynahl
Sep 13, 2005, 11:12 AM
On 2005-09-13 09:07, Feelmirath wrote:
no.



What do you mean no?

Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:14 AM
How does silver rhyme with quiver?

Stan
Sep 13, 2005, 11:38 AM
silver rhymes with zilver

Kuea
Sep 13, 2005, 11:40 AM
Silver is one of those words that famously has nothing to rhyme with it. The other one is orange. However, the Oxford Rhyming Dictionary does show both these words as having a half rhyme (also known as 'imperfect rhyme' or 'near rhyme').

The difference between a perfect rhyme and a near rhyme (orange lozenge and silver salver are both examples of near rhymes) is quite simple. A perfect rhyme (also known as a 'full rhyme' or 'true rhyme') such as smitten/written depends on the last stressed vowel, in this case the 'i', and all the sounds following it; they make up the rhyming element. A half rhyme such as orange and lozenge is a rhyme where the stressed vowel sounds, in this case 'a' and 'e', do not match.

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Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:40 AM
Actually Eclair, there is just ONE word that rhymes with silver...

Scejntjynahl
Sep 13, 2005, 11:42 AM
Maybe its my damned accent, but to me the words I picked rhymed http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif

Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:44 AM
It was you then >_>

Well, tell me when you all give up...

Kuea
Sep 13, 2005, 11:47 AM
On 2005-09-13 09:40, Feelmirath wrote:
Actually Eclair, there is just ONE word that rhymes with silver...


well then just say what it is since what I said was taken from a rhyming dictionary http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:49 AM
Ok, heres is teh answer:

Chilver- A baby Ewe.
For those that don't know what a Ewe is, its a female sheep.

And so ends another chapter in a never ending story http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Kuea
Sep 13, 2005, 11:50 AM
On 2005-09-13 09:49, Feelmirath wrote:
Ok, heres is teh answer:

Chilver- A baby Ewe.
For those that don't know what a Ewe is, its a female sheep.

And so ends another chapter in a never ending story http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif


and here's where I say no http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

I can't find the word "Chilver" anywhere outside of names

if it is a real word then it isn't a very highly used one meaning you die

Feelmirath
Sep 13, 2005, 11:54 AM
Well... its not a very highly used one >_>

Anyway, since the online dictionaries are useless, heres the closest thing i could get to it (top link)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Meaning+of+Chilver&meta=

Monomate
Sep 13, 2005, 06:34 PM
On 2005-09-13 09:54, Feelmirath wrote:
Well... its not a very highly used one >_>

Anyway, since the online dictionaries are useless, heres the closest thing i could get to it (top link)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Meaning+of+Chilver&meta=



that's in old english...it doesn't count...it's more or less a foreign language...meaning...

U PHAIL!

space_butler
Sep 14, 2005, 02:57 AM
On 2005-09-13 16:34, Monomate wrote:


On 2005-09-13 09:54, Feelmirath wrote:
Well... its not a very highly used one >_>

Anyway, since the online dictionaries are useless, heres the closest thing i could get to it (top link)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Meaning+of+Chilver&meta=



that's in old english...it doesn't count...it's more or less a foreign language...meaning...

U PHAIL!





its in the oxford english dictionary, meaning you fail.

Monomate
Sep 14, 2005, 06:44 PM
On 2005-09-14 00:57, space_butler wrote:


On 2005-09-13 16:34, Monomate wrote:


On 2005-09-13 09:54, Feelmirath wrote:
Well... its not a very highly used one >_>

Anyway, since the online dictionaries are useless, heres the closest thing i could get to it (top link)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Meaning+of+Chilver&meta=



that's in old english...it doesn't count...it's more or less a foreign language...meaning...

U PHAIL!





its in the oxford english dictionary, meaning you fail.



how bout you read the article, it says it's an Old English word...

do you even know what Old English is?

edit:
above article
"The Oxford English Dictionary lists chilver as an Old English noun meaning a ewe lamb, often referred to as a 'chilver lamb'. They specify that it is still in use in 'southern dialects' (by which I assume they mean dialects in southern England, as it is certainly not known in the Australian dialect) The Oxford cites instances between 1000AD and 1883AD."





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Wyndham
Sep 14, 2005, 06:54 PM
monomate say funny. ^_^

space_butler
Sep 15, 2005, 08:39 AM
On 2005-09-14 16:44, Monomate wrote:


On 2005-09-14 00:57, space_butler wrote:


On 2005-09-13 16:34, Monomate wrote:


On 2005-09-13 09:54, Feelmirath wrote:
Well... its not a very highly used one >_>

Anyway, since the online dictionaries are useless, heres the closest thing i could get to it (top link)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Meaning+of+Chilver&meta=



that's in old english...it doesn't count...it's more or less a foreign language...meaning...

U PHAIL!





its in the oxford english dictionary, meaning you fail.



how bout you read the article, it says it's an Old English word...

do you even know what Old English is?

edit:
above article
"The Oxford English Dictionary lists chilver as an Old English noun meaning a ewe lamb, often referred to as a 'chilver lamb'. They specify that it is still in use in 'southern dialects' (by which I assume they mean dialects in southern England, as it is certainly not known in the Australian dialect) The Oxford cites instances between 1000AD and 1883AD."





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old english is still english, go back to your american speaking world and trouble me no more http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif

Blitzkommando
Sep 15, 2005, 04:12 PM
Wait a tick... Since when is that Old English? That would be Middle English, which is far closer to Modern English.... Pre-1000AD abouts is Old English. For an example, look at the original Beowulf as that is true Old English. http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/

It wasn't until well after the Norman conquest that even Middle English began. Up until that point, Old English was basically made up entirely Germanic. But, in any event, "chilver" is not Modern vernacular by any means. So, it rhymes, but with a word from a dead language. >_>;

Monomate
Sep 15, 2005, 08:11 PM
On 2005-09-15 14:12, BLITZKOMMANDO wrote:
Wait a tick... Since when is that Old English? That would be Middle English, which is far closer to Modern English.... Pre-1000AD abouts is Old English. For an example, look at the original Beowulf as that is true Old English. http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~beowulf/

It wasn't until well after the Norman conquest that even Middle English began. Up until that point, Old English was basically made up entirely Germanic. But, in any event, "chilver" is not Modern vernacular by any means. So, it rhymes, but with a word from a dead language. >_>;



yay! you win!

and by proxy, I win!

it's kind of like rhyming words in french and spanish with words in latin...

it just doesn't work...