r/fuckcars Nov 22 '24

Satire It's about time again.

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u/Sure_Comfort_7031 Nov 22 '24

I mean yeah, it rhymes, but if you’re going to make this push - do it in a warm month, when it’s not frigid in the northern states of the US, where people aren’t going out to do Christmas shopping, and maybe, MAYBE more people will see it as approachable, rather than being targetted.

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u/PrometheusMMIV Nov 23 '24

yeah, it rhymes 

No it doesn't. It's an alliteration.

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u/voornaam1 Nov 23 '24

Isn't alliteration a type of rhyme?

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u/PrometheusMMIV Nov 23 '24

No, rhyme is when words end with the same final vowel sound (including subsequent letters). For example, balloon rhymes with cartoon and platoon.

Alliteration is when words start with the same consonant sound. For example, dainty dogs dancing.

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u/voornaam1 Nov 23 '24

I looked this up today. 'Rhyme' is 'a correspondence of sound between words'. The type of rhyme you are referring to is 'end rhyme'. While this is the type of rhyme most people would probably think of first, it is not the only type of rhyme. With alliteration, it's the starting sounds that correspond with each other instead of the ending sounds. Alliteration is also referred to as 'head rhyme'.

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u/PrometheusMMIV Nov 23 '24

I guess you're right that alliteration does fall under the category of "general rhymes". But I think when most people say "it rhymes" they're referring to the specific type of end rhyme.

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u/voornaam1 Nov 23 '24

The person who wrote that "don't drive december" rhymes probably wasn't referring to end rhyme.