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> If you're British, "scarf" and "giraffe" rhyme. > In American English, they don't. They don't rhyme in British English either. Maybe in one of the regional
by radicalbyte 8y ago
> If you're British, "scarf" and "giraffe" rhyme.
> In American English, they don't.
They don't rhyme in British English either. Maybe in one of the regional dialects - I think that you could probably force it in a scouse (Liverpool) accent.
- DanBC 8y agoHow are you pronouncing the words? ji-rarf is a more common pronunciation than ji-raff.
- lordnacho 8y agoIt's a more posh accent that it rhymes in. Found it in a Julia Donaldson book I was reading for my kids.
- uncle_d 8y agoPerhaps they do in old-style Received Pronunciation, like wot the Queen speaks. But yep if you go oop North then A's become short and giraffe will rhyme with gaffe (like bath and laugh will).
- mkl 8y agoFWIW they rhyme in New Zealand English. "Laugh" rhymes with them too.