no rhyme for "castle"

[Ronald Butters]

WELL IF SHE SAYS CASTLE WITH A "T" SHE CAN ALWAYS JUST PRONOUNCE "PASTEL" WITH FIRST-SYLLABLE STRESSED.

There was a famed actress named Bracco
Whose pronunciations were generally wacko.
She vowed that all castles
Should be painted in pastels,
And swore that what rappers said was  "cracked ho."

On Oct 30, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> Famed star Lorraine Bracco clearly pronounced the "t" in "castle"
> while introducing the film _The Black Room_ on TNT this week.
>
> That means she can't rhyme it successfully with any single English
> word. That could be a problem at some point.
>
> Is the t-full pronunciation widespread?
>
>
> JL
>
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