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Which country?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:32 pm
by Paidion
Consider the sentence: "The sun shone brightly yesterday."
If you were raised in either United States or Canada, then post a word which rhymes with "shone", and I will state the country in which you were raised.
Re: Which country?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:43 pm
by RICHinCHRIST
Phone
Re: Which country?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:42 pm
by steve
That would be too easy, Paidion! You have to also tell us how you get the right answer.
Re: Which country?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:03 am
by jeremiah
sown
Re: Which country?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:09 am
by Perry
Gnome.
Re: Which country?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:25 am
by Paidion
I came across this quite by accident!
I found that eveyone I asked who was raised in Canada (including myself) pronounce "shone" in a way which rhymes with "gone", while everyone I asked who was raised in United States pronounce the word in a way which rhymes with "bone".
So Jeremiah and Rich, I would say you were raised in United States. Perry, I don't know about you. Did you learn about rhyming when you went to school?
Re: Which country?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:43 am
by steve7150
I was thinking "drone". Don't think Canada uses drones.
Re: Which country?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:34 pm
by Paidion
Oh, there are millions of drones in Canada! (That is, male honey bees).
Re: Which country?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:14 pm
by Perry
Paidion wrote: Perry, I don't know about you. Did you learn about rhyming when you went to school?
Hey, "gnome" rhymes with "shone", way better than "good" rhymes with "food".
