History Main / BilingualRhyme

* In all refrains of Creator/EkinCheng[='=]s "Until Heaven and Earth Disappear" (a cover of Creator/{{Voice}}[='=]s "Anata no Koe ga Kikitai") have the word "Stay" (which is from the original song" rhymed with several Cantonese lines: (While "Anata no Koe ga Kikitai" has multiple foreign covers that keeps all the "Stay" in the refrain, this cover is the only one that makes a rhyme)

-->Ein Leben voller Sinn [[note]]A life full of meaning[[/note]]
-->Together we will win

--->(A rumor that you were a dishwasher at Ermita)

--> And now we're under way

* Nusic/RoupaNova's "Whisky a Go Go" rhymes the name of the titular nightclub with "sonhou", which is Portuguese for "dreamed".

-->They checked each others boerewors, to see who is the man.

* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Possum Carmen Possum]]" is another Latin/English poem.

* There are a few in the musical ''Theatre/{{Six}}''. In the "Don't Lose Ur Head" number, "bonjour" is rhymed with "chore" and "everyday" is rhymed with "prêt-à-manger". The "Haus of Holbien" number rhymes "are" with "Wunderbar" and puns on fear/vier and nine/nein.

-->(Elton en Jan, is die siel van die span!)
[[note]] "boerwors" is a sort of sausage. This sets up a visual double entendre in the video. The Afrikaans line translates as "Elton and Jan are the soul of the team!"[[/note]]

->''But why stop there? Add a lion, a bear. What's wrong, my petite chère (French for "little dear")? Why don't you smile?''

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-->''Little town, it's a quiet village''
-->''Every day like the one before''
-->''Little town, full of little people''
-->''Waking up to say...''
-->''Bonjour! Bonjour!''
* Nutty French chef Louis from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' sings ''Music/LesPoissons'' as he prepares stuffed crab for Prince Eric and his guests, which mixes French and English liberally. Here's the first stanza rhyming "fish" with "délice."
-->Les poissons, les poissons / How I love les poissons
-->Love to chop and to serve little fish
-->First I cut off their heads / Then I pull out their bones
-->Ah mais oui, ça c'est toujours délice.

-->Why should I worry?
-->Why should I care?
-->I may not have it all
-->But I've got street ''savoir faire''.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'': At one point, Eeyore sings, "Found this anchor over there. Now it's on my derriere."

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-->''I'm the lord of my castle, the sovereign, the liege.''
-->''I treat my subjects, servants, children, wife''
-->''With a firm but gentle hand. Noblesse oblige.''

-->''And cold must be mine eyes, and heart, and'' tête[[note]]"head" in French[[/note]],
-->''When, dear Alabama! they turn cold on thee!''

--> "M is for Maude, who was swept out to sea;
--> "N is for Neville, who died of ''ennui''." (French for boredom)

-->''Therfore my theme is yet, and evere was''
-->''Radix malorum est cupiditas.''

-->''But Virgil's songs are pure, except that horrid one''
-->''Beginning with "Formosum Pastor Corydon."''

--> The shadow lies upon his tomb
--> In Moria, in Khazad-dûm.
* Oh No, Gotta Go! (a children's book) is mainly written in English, but with Spanish words scattered around. Most of the Spanish words are rhymed with other Spanish words, but at one point, "school" is rhymed with "azul" (blue), and a few pages later, "door" and "por favor" (please) are rhymed.

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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In the song "I Love Words", there's one lyric "French words like 'chapeau' and 'tete', music words like 'clarinet'."

* Music/AllanSherman has several examples, the most famous of which is rhyming the title of "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" with "Camp Granada", named for a Spanish city and/or pomegranate. His song "America's A Nice Italian Name" is built upon mixing existing Italian terms into its lyrics and rhymes.

-->Ah mais oui, ca c'est toujours délice.

* Web video: Music [=YouTuber=] Andrew Huang responded to a dare by releasing [[https://youtu.be/K_F2ByljLtc a rap in FIVE languages]] (English, French, Spanish, Swedish, and Mandarin), complete with ''quintilingual'' rhymes (and very helpful parallel subtitles).

-->''An arm and a leg, my friend, les y?ux d'la tete'' (French for "to cost an arm and a leg")

[[note]] "boerwors" is a sort of sausage. This sets up a visual double entendre in the video. The Afrikaans line translates as "Elton and Jan are the soul of the team!"[[/npte]]

* Music/HackenLee's "One Thousand and One Nights" (which is a cover of Music/AnzenChitai[='=]s "Juliet") has the refrain rhyming between the word Juliet--pronounced in French like "Julie" in English--and several Cantonese lines:

-->Yi yatchin go ye?[[note]]It's already on thousand nights[[/note]]

-->Joi dang gei go ye?[[note]]Maybe a few nights more[[/note]]

-->''Wut jeut bat ho chan nei ling ngo sang yu sei''[[note]]Living without you makes me living death[[/note]]

-->''Nei naa chin siu ling ngo huk siu jeuk wuimei''[[note]]You shallow smile makes me to reminiscence [[CryLaughing in tears and smiles]][[/note]]

-->''Daansi jiksi so oi mut faat ho lau hei''[[note]]Even if our love could not be kept[[/note]]

-->''Ngo yaa leun nei, [[TitleDrop jikji siusat tin yu dei]]''[[note]]I will love you [[TitleDrop until heaven and earth disappear]][[/note]]

-->''Wut jeut bat ho? chan nei ling ngo sang yu sei''[[note]]Living without you makes me living death[[/note]]

-->''Nei naa chi?n siu yeung ngo fuensiu yi?k seungbei''[[note]]You shallow smile makes me happy yet sad[[/note]]

-->''Daansi jiksi? so oi mut faat ho lau hei''[[note]]Even if our love could not be kept[[/note]]

-->''Ngo yaa leun nei, [[TitleDrop jikji siusat tin yu dei]]''[[note]]I will love you [[TitleDrop until heaven and earth disappear]][[/note]]

* Music [=YouTuber=] Andrew Huang responded to a dare by releasing [[https://youtu.be/K_F2ByljLtc a rap in FIVE languages]] (English, French, Spanish, Swedish, and Mandarin), complete with ''quintilingual'' rhymes (and very helpful parallel subtitles).
-->''Je vois clairement, ????? dim fog
let me illuminate, ge mig en trumslag
también un micrófono, ces idiots ???
???????, try to succeed, they don't though''

!!Grabbed by Alnair