Comments on: B-Rhymes

B-Rhymes

archagon — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:19:29 -0800

B-Rhymes is a rhyming dictionary that compares words based on their sounds, making it ideal for finding near-rhymes.

By: doublehappy

doublehappy — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:34:07 -0800

I get a big error message, but I like the idea!

By: Elmore

Elmore — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:41:46 -0800

Why do I always have to have this argument? Porridge does not rhyme with orange. And as for ostrich...

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:24:56 -0800

I'll be buggered if I can remember the song, but I was thoroughly impressed by a lightweight, radio friendly pop band who rhymed corner with want to. corner = co-nah! want to = wo-nah! It was a hit in Australia maybe five years ago, give or take.

By: griphus

griphus — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:53:49 -0800

Orange? We got that B-Rhyme!

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:56:58 -0800

You can click on the results and get near rhymes for near rhymes. So you get something like: quixotic > devoted > distorted > interpret > birthrate. Since "quixotic" is nowhere near "birthrate" the relation "nearly rhymes with" does not have the transitivity of "rhymes with", which would limit application beyond couplets or triplets.

By: willF

willF — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:18:07 -0800

loves it. Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, have the strength to learn what gneiss is?

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:34:03 -0800

WARNING! willF's weft wafts whiffs of wolf!

By: Slap Factory

Slap Factory — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:00:31 -0800

I remember when Flo Rida rhymed "dope" with "dopes." Let's see you beat that one, computer rhyme-making machine.

By: elemenopee

elemenopee — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:16:16 -0800

It could get pretty ridiculous My favorite from Ice Cube: Droppin bombs on your moms, Kill car alarms Just for funI looked up alarms in the B-Rhymes site, and "moms" was nowhere near the list, even if affront was the 99th suggestion. Makes me think I can rap now

By: willF

willF — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:41:53 -0800

One of my favorite rhymes are the 'b' lines in the last stanza of Isaac Watt's Hymn 158: Lord, let not all my hopes be vain, Create my heart entirely new, Which hypocrites could ne'er attain, Which false apostates never knew. It's in the Sacred Harp (Windham, 38b).

By: moviehawk

moviehawk — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:25:44 -0800

I remember when Flo Rida rhymed "dope" with "dopes." Pfft...The Fray can top that: Step one you say we need to talk He walks you say sit down it's just a talk He smiles politely back at you You stare politely right on through Some sort of window to your right As he goes left and you stay right Between the lines of fear and blame You begin to wonder why you came A whopping 50% of their lyrics use rhymes that AREN'T the exact same word!

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:02:17 -0800

"My name is Gabby, and I just got here from Chile. I like Canada; except that it is chilly. I met Premier Bob Ray, and he ain't no Pinochet My mother makes a spicy bowl of chile-- THREE RHYMES!" -Fruvous.

By: ricochet biscuit

ricochet biscuit — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:19:47 -0800

Eating an orange / While making love / Leads to bizarre en- / Joyment thereof. -- Tom Lehrer

By: kmz

kmz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:31:30 -0800

I remember in 3rd grade English class asking the teacher if I could rhyme "turtle" with "turtle" in a poem. I maybe have been slightly obsessed with some Renaissance artists back then.

By: mclin

mclin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:21:00 -0800

Thanks for the bump Archagon! You've tripled my delicious count already! Probably worth $5 for me to post on there to say things like 'Sorry for the bad ones. I've get ideas for improving the algorithm that I'll implement as soon as I get this iPhone app out.'.. Speaking of which, I just deployed the new iPhone version of the site last night. So, check it out, and I'll cross my fingers that it doesn't break.

By: swift

swift — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:40:36 -0800

The 20 Worst Rhymes In Pop Music History

By: straw man special

straw man special — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:12:46 -0800

Sadly, John Mayer is no closer to finding a rhyme for "heavier things."

By: seventyfour

seventyfour — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:19:05 -0800

Don't forget the late ODB. From "Ghetto Superstar," where he rhymes "streets" with "streets." Also, his eyes are sore, because he'a s senator. One two, and you don't stop, yo My eyes is sore, bein a senator Behind closed doors hittin truth to the seafloor The rich go North ignore, the tug of war While the kids are poor, open new and better drug stores So I became hardcore, couldn't take it no more I'ma reveal EVERYTHING, change the law I find myself, walkin the streets Tryin to find what's really goin on in the streets

By: HeroZero

HeroZero — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:24:27 -0800

Birthdays was the worst days; Now we drink champagne when we thirstay. - Biggie Smalls, "Juicy"

By: Optimus Chyme

Optimus Chyme — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:57:45 -0800

"My dandy voice makes the most Anti-choice granny's panties moist" — MC Paul Barman, "Cock Mobster"

By: ErikaB

ErikaB — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:16:33 -0800

NEAR rhymes? What's next, a dictionary with ALMOST spellings? Just kidding. Anyway, Moxy Fruvous already won: It's laissez-faire, I don't even give a care Let's make Friday part of the weekend And give every new baby a chocolate eclair

By: Juicy Avenger

Juicy Avenger — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:42:15 -0800

Slant rhymes are 2 legit 2 smite "For me such rhymes as, say, 'swans/stones' or 'gibe/club' or 'south/both' often sound more beautiful and interesting than such hard-rhyme combinations as 'bones/stones,' 'rub/club,' or 'south/mouth.'" - Linguist Robert Pinsky in his introduction to Dante's Inferno.

By: johnstein

johnstein — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:11:07 -0800

... hypodermics on the shore, China's under martial law...

By: TypographicalError

TypographicalError — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:15:56 -0800

I would like to see a pie chart of queries on this site, where the categories are "orange" and "not orange". I think it would be enlightening.

By: darksasami

darksasami — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:53:00 -0800

I'm looking forward to C-Rhymes, the not-at-all-rhyming dictionary for writing blank verse.

By: mclin

mclin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:14:25 -0800

@TypographicalError I just checked and 'orange' constitutes about 10% of the searches. That's a good idea for a blog post. I may do that pie chart that later!

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:32:28 -0800

Do proper nouns count? I know of some Gorringes. http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/gorringe-family-crest.htm

By: Elmore

Elmore — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:02:16 -0800

I would like to see a pie chart Of queries, This time Where the categories "orange" or not. Would rhyme, It would be enlightening