Pilates - Pirates

[Loosehead]

Why does pronouciation of these 2 words not Rhyme?. I always say the former to ryhme with the latter and then get berated by the trendies!

[Quizmonster]

For the same reason that 'rover', 'hover' and 'lover' don't rhyme.

[Jay_Jay]

It's called an ' eyerhyme '

[ailie]

reminded me of the little boy who came home and said he was Pontius Pilates in the Christmas play

[kempie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Pilates

[bednobs]

shame it dosent rhyme ... im sure the frosties ad would have shoehorned it in somewhere!

[naz_nomad]

Pirates is an old word we're used to saying

Pilates it a trendy load of cr^p that no-one can say

[Kingaroo]

Because the exercise regime is named after its founder, who was German. (Pontius Pilate's name does rhyme with pirate, as far as I've ever heard.)

squib from google search: "Around 1914, Joseph Pilates was a performer and a boxer living in England.... He taught ...the concepts and exercises developed over 20 years of self-study and apprenticeship in yoga, Zen, and ancient Greek and Roman physical regimens....

[spudqueen]

Bow, bough, dough, etc etc . It's the English language!

[jno]

well, it's not really the English language to blame at all, it's just a person's name and that's how he pronounced it.