The Chaos ( Of Pronunciation) G. N. Trenité
Solder, soldier Blood is thicker, Quoth he, than liqueur or liquor Would it tally with my rhyme If I mentioned paradigm Stranger does not rhyme with anger, Neither does devour with clangour. Pilot, pivot, gaunt, but aunt, Font, front, wont, want, grand and grant. Arsenic, specific, scenic, Relic, rhetoric, hygienic. Gooseberry, goose, and close, but close, Paradise, rise, rose, and dose. Say inveigh, neigh, but inveigle, Make the latter rhyme with eagle. Mind Meandering but mean, Valentine and magazine. Arch, archangel; pray, does erring Rhyme with herring or with stirring Prison, bison, treasure trove, Treason, hover, cover, cove, Perseverance, severance, rapier, pier, Tier (one who ties), but tier. Phaeton, paean, gnat, ghat, gnaw, Lien, psychic, shone, bone, pshaw. Don t be down, my own, but rough it, And distinguish buffet, buffet; Brood, stood, roof, rook, school, wool, boon, Worcester, Boleyn, to impugn. Say in sounds correct and sterling Hearse, hear, hearken, year and yearling. Evil
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