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In a message dated 10/16/2015 11:12:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
scottknitter at gmail.com writes:


The  four engineers /
wore orange brassieres.

...so "orange" rhymes with  "four eng-", I guess.>>>>>>
 
 
But not in the Upper Midwest USA where "orange" is a one
syllable word.
 
I remember some cute dialogue some years ago playing with
"orange you glad you did."  I looked at this for awhile and  wondered
what on earth they meant.  Then I figured out that "orange" is
two syllables in much of the USA, mimicking "are-n't" (pronounced
in two syllables (Are-enge).
 
 
 
David Strang.