At her blog, Hillary Price explains why her strip is called Rhymes with Orange : “My aunt once told me that no
single word in the English language rhymes with the word ‘orange.’ I chose the
title to show the singularity of the strip’s perspective, one that highlights
the trials of my own life and that of my friends. I do not think these trials
are traditionally represented on the comics page. ‘Door hinge’ is the closest
rhyme, but I don’t think it quite makes the grade. By the way, nothing rhymes
with ‘silver,’ ‘purple,’ or ‘month.’
Postscript: After reading ‘Ask Murphy’
in Parade magazine, a million people
wrote to tell me that the obscure biological term ‘sporange’ rhymes with
‘orange.’ I don’t care. However, a brilliant young Smith College
student informed me that the word ‘sporange’ was created by a man who
incorrectly conjugated the Latin verb. The word he should have come up with was
‘sporangia.’ So there.”
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