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Originally Posted by orlok
3. Commonly held belief that nothing rhymes with Purple, though I think that was debunked on an episode of QI, though I can't remember what word(s) actually do rhyme.
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I know you won't believe this, but I just took a half hour break from gardening to have a sandwich, and watched the end of an episode of QI on Sky TV. It was the very episode where they discussed the rhyme with Purple! A Twilight Zone moment, I think.
The two words are:
Hurpal (Herpal/Hirpal?) which means to drag one leg behind you
Curpal (Cerpal/Cirpal?) which is a leather harness that goes under a horse's tail.
Both are old Scottish words, apparently.