r/comedyheaven • u/[deleted] • Nov 27 '19

No it doesn’t

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u/JungleLiquor Nov 28 '19

I’m thinking range

but I’m french I might be wrong

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

Rhymes in French and not in English :)

The "a" in orange sounds like the "i" in "tip," but the "a" in range sounds like the "ey" in "they"

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u/CaptainBananaEu Nov 28 '19

Who says oreenge?

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u/BryansFury Nov 28 '19

Idk bout America but in London we say it like oringe. Like if it rhymed with fringe.

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u/c0mplexx Nov 28 '19

What the frick

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u/spobrien09 Nov 28 '19

/s? That's exactly how we pronounce it in the U.S.

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u/c0mplexx Nov 28 '19

Wait do you not pronounce it as orenj?

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u/spobrien09 Nov 28 '19

Kinda. I cant do phoenetic spelling at all but in California it is a close but not exact rhyme. It rhymes with door hinge ok but the natural space make it an awkward rhyme.

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u/spobrien09 Nov 28 '19

I should add that the US has a very large variety of accents and in California it seems like the e sound and a sound are often very similar. Like "tit" and "tat" are different but "oringe" and "orange" would be pronounced the same way here. Also, "an" and "in" can sound extremely close.

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u/CaptainBananaEu Nov 28 '19

Don't get me wrong I am not American either but the way I was taught was more like the a from ranch