Rhyming Serendipity (was Re: Esperanto (estis: [OT] Close to latin))

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2001 - 14:02:46 EST


William Overington ruminated:

> I am intrigued to know if the words for reindeer and hedgehog rhyme in any
> other language or languages or does the rhyming of boaco and erinaco produce
> a rhyme pairing that is unique to Esperanto?
>

I would be equally intrigued to know if the words for 'nose' lhini:k
and for 'redmaids' [desert rockpurslane, Calandrinia ciliata var. menziesii]
t'ini:k, rhyme in any other language besides River Patwin, so that my
delicately nuanced poem about smelling the flowers in Colusa County, California
could be appropriately translated for wider audiences. ;-)

--Ken



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