Hink pink

[magid]

Salamander footwear: newt boot.
A woodsman's musical instrument: root flute.
Unable to enjoy one's unearned spoils: moot loot.
Idea of liquid: drink think.
Water out of cartography: map tap.
Fruit recording: grape tape.


Current mood: why not?
Current date: 20 Shvat

Comments

ow

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

It's making the "oo" in root rhyme with flute. Ow.

Re: ow

[magid.livejournal.com]

What does root rhyme with?
All I can think of that might have the same vowel sound for you would be roof...

Re: ow

[cnoocy]

I assume that hrafn is from that part of the country where root and soot rhyme. This didn't bother me when I was there, except during math class. "&sqrt; 3" does not rhyme with "foot glee" in my dialect.

Re: ow

[magid.livejournal.com]

In my dialect, root and soot don't rhyme (Just as well, I suppose, since I can't seem to come up with anything that ends up with root soot, or soot root.).

Was your math teacher from "away"?
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Re: ow

[cnoocy]

He was from Minnesota, like many of the other people at my Northfield, Minnesota college.

Re: ow

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Yes - "root" and "soot" rhyme, and "roof" has pretty much the same "oo" sound. I grew up in eastern Oregon, but my parents are from northwestern Minnesota (Mom) and Chicago/LA (Dad moved to LA at 14).