The Origins of Oranges and Door Hinges

Why is Eminem getting credit for a rhyme a Canadian puppet did first? If you like the show, support us on Patreon and get access to our bonus show, Overunderstood. Show notes: 00:51 – Adrianne’s story on featured snippets 02:07 – Screenshot of 1st search 02:10 – Screenshot of 2nd search 03:01 – Rhymetime With Eminem | YouTube 04:51 – Under the Umbrella Tree | Wikipedia 05:28 – Summer 1993 Disney Channel Commercial Breaks | YouTube 07:02 – Lena Dunham on Here’s the Thing 09:00 – What word rhymes with orange? | Yahoo Answers 13:32 – Eminem rhyming with orange | Genius / YouTube 17:17 – Rag & Bone - puppet theatre cofounded by Kathy MacLellan 20:21 – Bob Stutt | Wikipedia 24:27 – Under the Umbrella Tree | Lost Media Wiki 24:29 – Under the Umbrella Tree Episode List | Angelfire 24:49 – Under the Umbrella Tree full episodes playlist | Encore+ / YouTube 26:34 – UTUT - Jacob’s World Record | YouTube 28:12 – Noreen Young | Wikipedia 31:43 – Grant Barrett bio 32:04 – A Way with Words 33:10 – Never get your etymologies from memes. | Grant Barrett on Twitter 34:30 – The Athenaeum, Aug. 16, 1862 | Google Books 35:38 – Willard Espy’s orange rhyme | A Man of My Words by Richard Lederer / Google Books 37:00 – Orange Poetry by alexz | Wordnik 37:19 – Uncle, can you find a rhyme for orange? | Google Books 40:30 – Revealing What Rhymes with ‘Orange’ | Merriam-Webster 41:18 – Gresham’s law | Britannica

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There are questions the internet just can't answer. But that doesn't mean we can't find them. On each episode of Underunderstood, we find a question the internet can’t answer — maybe it’s a dead-end Wikipedia page, an abandoned Reddit thread, or an unanswered question on Twitter — and we fill in the gaps. It’s part chat show, part documentary, and almost always surprising.