holorime
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Holorime (or holorhyme) is a form of rhyme where two very similar sequences of sounds can form phrases composed of different words and with different meanings. For example, the two lines of Miles Kington's poem "A Lowlands Holiday Ends in Enjoyable Inactivity" are pronounced the same in some British English dialects:
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Holorime (or holorhyme) is a form of rhyme where two very similar sequences of sounds can form phrases composed of different words and with different meanings. For example, the two lines of Miles Kington's poem "A Lowlands Holiday Ends in Enjoyable Inactivity" are pronounced the same in some British English dialects:
Holorime pairs may also be referred to as oronyms.
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Japanese
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International Standard Book Number
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phoneme
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Nîmes
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inertia
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jinn
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rhyme
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British English
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Alphonse Allais
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homophone
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Mamers
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naginata
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Humpty Dumpty
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Ayrshire
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word play
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Musashibō Benkei
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Raymond Roussel
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Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den
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Amphitheater of Nîmes
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Purple Haze
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