Charles liked the new game that he had discovered with his Jenny. The more Miss Jenny said "squirl" when he told her to repeat the word "squirrel", the more he enjoyed it. Although Miss Jenny seemed to be tiring of the game somewhat, the squirrel - or squirl - didn't seem to mind at all. Charles racked his brain to think of more words that rhymed with squirrel, in order for Miss Jenny to pronounce these also.
Worriedly, he considered whether they had discovered another word like "orange", which had become infamous among English scholars and wannabe-poets for having no other words to rhyme with it.
When Charles couldn't think of any words to rhyme with "squirrel" (or "orange" for that matter), he quickly found an online site for rhyming words. To his great shock, the online site for rhyming words suggested such words as "curl", "earl", "girl", "swirl" and "twirl".
"These words don't rhyme with squirrel!" he exclaimed exasperatedly. "They rhyme with squirl!"
Miss Jenny nodded her head sagely, as if it was something she had known all along.
"Could it be?" Charles thought to himself worriedly, "All this time, I've been pronouncing 'squir-rel', when in fact, the word is 'squirl'?"
"It certainly is more efficient on syllables," Miss Jenny explained patiently. "You'd be amazed how much more efficiently information can be conveyed by this accent."
Charles looked at Miss Jenny and her new squirl, and smiled. Not only did Miss Jenny have a lovely accent, she was also funny, clever, and surprisingly efficient.
Worriedly, he considered whether they had discovered another word like "orange", which had become infamous among English scholars and wannabe-poets for having no other words to rhyme with it.
When Charles couldn't think of any words to rhyme with "squirrel" (or "orange" for that matter), he quickly found an online site for rhyming words. To his great shock, the online site for rhyming words suggested such words as "curl", "earl", "girl", "swirl" and "twirl".
"These words don't rhyme with squirrel!" he exclaimed exasperatedly. "They rhyme with squirl!"
Miss Jenny nodded her head sagely, as if it was something she had known all along.
"Could it be?" Charles thought to himself worriedly, "All this time, I've been pronouncing 'squir-rel', when in fact, the word is 'squirl'?"
"It certainly is more efficient on syllables," Miss Jenny explained patiently. "You'd be amazed how much more efficiently information can be conveyed by this accent."
Charles looked at Miss Jenny and her new squirl, and smiled. Not only did Miss Jenny have a lovely accent, she was also funny, clever, and surprisingly efficient.
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