[Magdalen] New to Me.

[Jay Weigel]

I remember a bluegrass group that sang at Glen & Ann's (of blessed memory)
in Madison and and did the old song "Jennie Jenkins" which is sort of a
challenge song between a young man and a girl involving what color she
might wear, and of course the answer (that she won't, and why) must
rhyme...so of course the young man thinks he's stumped her when he asks her
if she'll wear orange...and she replies, "Orange I won't wear, and that
rhymes, so there!"

On Friday, October 16, 2015, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 10/16/2015 11:12:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
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> ...so "orange" rhymes with  "four eng-", I guess.>>>>>>
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> But not in the Upper Midwest USA where "orange" is a one
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> 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).
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> David Strang.
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