The next in our weekly series, brought to you courtesy of The New York Public Library Desk Reference, Fourth Edition.
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No other words in the English language rhyme with the words month, orange, silver, or purple.
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The Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters: the five vowels and the consonants H, K, L, M, N, P, and W.
ALOHA!
What I wouldn't give for a tropical view right about now.
I'm intrigued by these grammar oddities of the week. I've spent a good deal of my life trying to figure out what rhymes with purple. Obviously it was all in vain.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous: uh, "blurple." Duuuh.
ReplyDelete@Auntie: Would that mean that the Hawaiian language is easier, then?