Rhyming: Do Tina and Anya rhyme?

[Renzokuken]

My friend and I are having a little debate on this. He says the names "Tina" and "Anya" don't rhyme; I say they do because it's an assonance rhyme.


Any help fellas?

 

[CappyCobra]

No they do not rhyme. The just end with the same letter. A rhyme would usually have to share a common syllable either literally or sound the same phonetically. Maybe they sound the same if you have a certain accent.

Tina (Tee-na)
Ayna (A-ynah)

I'm no English Scholar, so take this with a grain of salt.

 

[2poor]

They don't rhyme. They just end on a similar A sound.

 

[Dr Mario Kart]

I see where you're coming from, but I think that would be like saying that Orange rhymes with Hinge, and as we know from Monkey Island, this is not the case.

 

[CappyCobra]

[quote name='Dr Mario Kart']I see where you're coming from, but I think that would be like saying that Orange rhymes with Hinge, and as we know from Monkey Island, this is not the case.[/quote]

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[ZeroSupporT]

[quote name='CappyCobra']Chlorophyll? More like Bore-o-phyll!

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[/QUOTE]

hehe, billy madison is my hero

 

[Fire]

no.

 

[2Fast]

You are correct, it is an assonance rhyme.

Tina, Rhonda and Anya rode in a Toyota Corolla.

- example of an assonance rhyme.

 

[Maklershed]

If you have to ask if something rhymes, the answer is no

 

[1modernboy]

[quote name='2Fast']You are correct, it is an assonance rhyme.

Tina, Rhonda and Anya rode in a Toyota Corolla.

- example of an assonance rhyme.[/quote]

You say true. The similar ending vowel sound also qualifies as an approximate or near rhyme.

 

[jmcc]

Is this for poetry or is it to be vocally delivered, such as in the case of a rap person? Because, given the right flow skill, one could make it rhyme.