words that rhyme with banana.

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Helen
Date: 12 Jun 01 - 07:20 PM

Yes, but MMario was only thinking of the ones ending in "ana" or "anna". There are heaps more which don't share the "n" sound, or which don't necessarily have to be one word. I thought my Byron examples might inspire the renowned Mudcat wit.

Helen

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,Rana
Date: 12 Jun 01 - 11:25 PM

Can I get SOCAN (or equivalent) fees if my name is used?

Rana

(which means frog in Latin, but prince in Punjabi)

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 03:48 AM

Hey Rana,ower kid, does that make you a Frog Prince? Or do you have to kiss a Princess to change between the two?
Tara a bit
RtS (who only sings like a frog)

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,Rana
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 09:16 AM

Of course it does - got me a kiss at a Morris Ale once - not sure which direction I went!

Rana

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,SharonA
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 10:11 AM

Did I miss something, or has no one yet mentioned that oldies song, "The Name Game"? (banana-fana-fo-fana...)

Don't forget Harry Chapin's song, "30,000 Pounds of Bananas"!

How about Xana-du? Or a pan 'a scrapple (only in PA)? I'm certainly a fan 'a this website!

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 10:25 AM

No one mentioned the song "Ah, ma, will ye buy me a banana" which almost(-but-it's-dodgy) rhymes "banana" with "Ah ma", but is a fantastic song nonetheless.

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 12:28 PM

panorama

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,SEA
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 03:43 PM

To Fibula: Bless your pea-pickin' heart! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for noting that "ah ma" and "ana" ALMOST rhyme!!!

I just had this discussion at a songwriting workshop last Saturday, wherein some other people in the room insisted that they DO rhyme exactly (despite my pointing to the obvious fact that "m" and "n" are different consonants). I do use them AS A RHYME occasionally, but when I do I KNOW I'm cheating!

However, I draw the line at using different vowel sounds ("ena" and "ana"). It just doesn't sound clever. In a humorous song, a clever silly rhyme is funny; an unclever silly non-rhyme is silly but won't make the audience laugh.

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Helen
Date: 13 Jun 01 - 07:51 PM

Panorama - cryptic crossword clue is: orphan's wide view i.e. neither a Pa Nor a Ma

Guest, SEA. What do you think of the Byron rhymes I quoted? Best read aloud for full effect.

Helen

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 17 Jun 01 - 10:26 PM

I found a website that gives you words that rhyme,its called www,rhymer.com

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: mousethief
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 12:13 AM

Well that's hardly any fun, now, is it?

Alex

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 12:21 AM

Ok then what fun websites have you found! ;-)

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,SEA
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 05:09 PM

Helen: Where can I find the poem on-line to read it? (otherwise I have to wait till Saturday to visit a library)

john in hull: Also check out Peter Berryman's Whither Zither column in which he reviews software for rhyming (see louandpeter.com for link)

SEA

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Helen
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 09:11 PM

SEA, I posted the clicky further up, on 9th June, but here is the address again.

http://www.lordbyron.cjb.com/works/donjuan/donjuan1.html

It has the full poem on a few pages.

Helen

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,Song Dog
Date: 18 Jun 01 - 10:37 PM

How about "Hosanna", A shout of praise or adoration?

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,Britsterrthatrules
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 08:17 PM

hannah savanah pana lana banana montana louisiana indiana panama

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Amos
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 08:26 PM

Ipana, the toothpaste Ipana
It's better than squeezing a banana
Cuz a banana sitting on the shelf is
Not meant for squeezin' if it's somebody else's.


A

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 08:46 PM

Obama

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: mousethief
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 08:52 PM

-ana and -ama DO NOT RHYME!

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Genie
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 11:01 PM

How about that good old Russian name "Svetlana?"

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: mousethief
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 11:07 PM

Have we already had "sultana" and "Texarkana"?

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Amos
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 11:24 PM

I'm raisin' a little Sultana
In the country in west Texarkana
I'm dressing it in a bandana
And feeding it frozen banana.

Ay yi yi
O, my Sultana
It's long wide and wrinkly
ANd it looks like John Hinckley
But it's sure to look better, manana.

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: mousethief
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 11:31 PM

in Tijuana.

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Genie
Date: 19 Apr 10 - 11:41 PM

Sorry, Amos, but "mañana" does NOT rhyme with banana -- unless you're a hopeless gringo! LOL

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Genie
Date: 20 Apr 10 - 12:03 AM

Tune: Oleanna

Ole- oleanna,
Eating' ripe banana
With me Marianna
And her sweet old nana,
Here from Butte, Montana.

That old witch Morgana,
Here from Santa Ana,
Says she's not a fan 'o
Girls who wear bandanas.

Oh, sweet Susianna,
Lead me to Nirvana,
Where with Pat an' Vanna
I can play my han' an'

Maybe win ten gran', a
Lot of cars an' lan', a
Beach house on the san', an'
Then I'll shout, "Hosanna!"

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Snuffy
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 03:53 AM

Sorry Genie, but in Britain banana most certainly does rhyme with mañana, but does not rhyme with Hannah, Montana and most of the other words in your verse

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: melodeonboy
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 04:00 AM

Little Flo Fanana
Slipped on a banana
Now she can't play the piana

(from the shanty "Haul Her Away")

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego
Date: 26 Apr 10 - 12:46 PM

I gave up on banana songs after hearing Harry Chapin's "30,000 Pounds of Bananas."

Factoid: Did you know that "banana" is the name given to the fruit where in originated, in Guinea, western Africa. It was taken thence to the Canary Islands and eventually made its way to the new world, courtesy of European explorers and colonizers.

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 27 Apr 10 - 12:34 PM

It doesn't rhyme with mañana in Britain or anywhere,though it might be close enough for some purposes. I've never heard anyone pronounce it "banyana".

The other thing is that this side of the water the second "a" is long, rather than short. That's why Hannah woudln't be a rhyme (though the way we tend to say "Montana", that would be.)

Subject: RE: words that rhyme with banana.
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 27 Apr 10 - 06:35 PM

John Morris sings a wonderful version of "I've never seen a straight banana" that rhymes "banana" with "Havana"!

Kitty