Home > Author > Lili Wilkinson >

" Sam whacked Jacob over the ear. 'You know,' he said, his voice low, 'those pancakes'll go straight to your hips.'

Jacob glowered at him. 'You know,' he mimicked, 'there's a reason nothing rhymes with orange.'

'There is a reason,' returned Sam. 'It's because orange comes from the Arabic word naranj, which in turn is thought to derive from the Tamil words aru, which means six, and anju, which means five. Because when you cut an orange in half, it has six segments in one half and five in the other. So nothing rhymes with it because we don't have many other words appropriated from Tamil. "

Lili Wilkinson , Pink


Image for Quotes

Lili Wilkinson quote : Sam whacked Jacob over the ear. 'You know,' he said, his voice low, 'those pancakes'll go straight to your hips.'<br /><br />Jacob glowered at him. 'You know,' he mimicked, 'there's a reason nothing rhymes with <i>orange</i>.'<br /><br />'There <i>is</i> a reason,' returned Sam. 'It's because <i>orange</i> comes from the Arabic word <i>naranj</i>, which in turn is thought to derive from the Tamil words <i>aru</i>, which means <i>six</i>, and <i>anju</i>, which means <i>five</i>. Because when you cut an orange in half, it has six segments in one half and five in the other. So nothing rhymes with it because we don't have many other words appropriated from Tamil.