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Posted By: Aji ow...row again... - 06/05/02 10:14 AM
Really sorry for asking the nearly same thing as the last time i do.This time is row..
Also I checked many dictionaries.Some give the pronuciation of row rhythmed with no only ,no matter what its exactly meaning.
some dictionary give row rhythmed with cow in some meanings..
faint...
Need native's help. Thank you again.^_^''''

Posted By: Geoff Re: ow...row again... - 06/05/02 12:21 PM
If you mean to use the word to mean an altercation, it's pronounced as in cow; if it's meant as a means of propelling a boat, or as a line of some things, it's as blow or tow.

Ah, Angle-ish, isn't it sensible!

Posted By: boronia Re: ow...row again... - 06/05/02 12:22 PM
rhyming with no:
row a boat
a row of numbers on a chart, a row of soldiers (an orderly line)
Death Row, Skid Row

rhyming with cow:
a spat or fight
noisy ruckus

Posted By: Keiva Re: ow...row again... - 06/05/02 04:51 PM
aji, maybe it would help to note that all usages of the word rhyme with "no" except for one, the one that boronia points out.

When "row" is used to mean "a spat or fight; noisy ruckus", it rhymes with "cow"; the other meaning of the word rhyme with "no".

Posted By: Drow Re: ow...row again... - 06/07/02 02:24 AM
Dear Aji
Please post more doubts/questions if you have any. English is a language that sometimes make you go that way ow..ow..ow. That too rhymes with cow. :)
Seriously. Do post more questions if you have any..
Drow

Posted By: Angel Re: ow...row again... - 06/07/02 04:03 AM
I'm curious~~~~~~Does Drow rhyme with Cow or with no?

Posted By: Geoff Re: ow...row again... - 06/07/02 04:20 AM
I'm curious~~~~~~Does Drow rhyme with Cow or with no?

It rhymes with no cow I know.

Posted By: milum Re: ow...row again... - 06/07/02 12:35 PM
I'm curious~~~~~~Does Drow rhyme with Cow or with no?
- ANGEL
It rhymes with no cow I know.
- GEOFF

Are you two insensitive? No, you too know two well that you are confusing our goodbuddy Aji, and I don't think it is cricket to try to cow him with our deft use of english. Aji has become our best and only questioner in Questions and Answers. Let us protect him from all the cowing, kidding, and obfuscation.

Just kidding Aji, -
milum -


Posted By: wow Re: ow...row again... - 06/07/02 10:08 PM
Don't worry Aji, they are not starting a row. (cow)
They are just being silly. That happens around here a lot!
If they did start a row, they'd have to stand all in a row (no) and apologize to each other! Ho! Ho! Ho! (no!)

Now, all of us just have to behave! Tsk Tsk.


Posted By: Keiva Re: ow...row again... - 06/08/02 12:22 AM
Tsk Tsk

Jackie and I, after a friendly row [cow] some time ago, have agreed to disagree about the pronunciation of that phrase!

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