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Or, as mentioned earlier, it could just be a Zecora thing because she might be just one smart zebra, able to rhyme on a dime even in a normal conversation. If that's the case, then she might have been speaking like that even before she got involved in witchery.
First off, in the Bridal Gossip episode, when we hear her speak in her native tongue, she doesn't *quite* sound like she's rhyming, though it's a little hard to tell sometimes. That at least suggests that rhyming is not that deeply ingrained in her, and to me that says she was not raised to always rhyme, which rules out the idea that it's a zebra thing.
As for the magical aspect, I'm reminded of loremasters in populations that have oral traditions, where some people are hired to be human encyclopedias, memorizing the contents of several books. Rhymes make for good mnemonics, so perhaps witch doctors work in that capacity, trained to rhyme since apprenticehood so as to better remember formulas and whatnot.
Probably a language thing. She spoke what was assumed to be her native language in her first appearance, so I'm guessing that the closest translation into Equestrian is in rhyme. Unless we see more Zebras (which I am all for!) we won't have anything to compare it to.
She's certainly mysterious, and I hope there's always that element to her. Just not at the expense of giving her so little character development. I mean, I cheer every time she has a scene, but I still wish there was more to her than just advice and plot exposition. Will we ever see her really sad, worried or scared? Will we ever hear her in a singing role? Will she ever hear any backstory for her? Will she ever make a serious mistake and have to live up to the consequences? I mean, I don't expect much. The show has shown wonderful development for the main characters, but secondary characters get extremely limited exposure, and background characters get next to none. It's just... you know. They have a great cast! It'd be nice to see them shift the focus away from the Mane Six, Spike and the CMC just for a little bit to give us some more development for everyone else.
I'd guess it's a cultural thing since it would be very hard for someone to rhyme on the spot like that unless they were brought up in a culture like that. If someone was brought up being trained to speak in rhymes and everyone (or everyzebra) around them were speaking in rhymes, they'd have no trouble at all picking it up.
I always assumed it was a Zecora thing but the idea of the rhyming being a zebra trait would be fascinating to see and is something I had never considered before. I want to see more zebras on the show and maybe find out why Zecora left her native land to live in Equestria and how zebra magic actually works.
Learn words that rhyme with our games below. Perfect for support the reading skills of your KS1 learners, there are three to choose from and more versions of these reading game themes on Club Roy. Please register if you intend on using these games. These games are part of our reading games collection.
In this words that rhyme reading game, the bees are hiding words that rhyme with bug, click on them to find the word and then if the word rhymes with bug take them back to their nest. We have lots of words that rhyme games at Club Roy for you to enjoy.
Belinda, our chicken, loves eating apples. In this words that rhyme game, the apples on her tree are special rhyming apples and are hiding words that rhyme with 'cat'. Find the apples that rhyme with 'cat' and bring them to Belinda's house so she can have a lovely meal of apples.
It's a wonderful starry night in the savanna and Ryan is excited because he has spotted some words that rhyme behind the stars, he's also got his roller skates on and really wants to show you how good he is at skating. In this reading game find the words that rhyme with 'hill' and add them to Ryan's word box. If you like this game then you can found another 14 words that rhyme games at Club Roy.
The bees are collecting rhyming words to bring to their nest. Each game focuses on one word ('bug', 'dash', 'dot', 'lip', and 'top'). Choose your game and read the words attached to each bee. Decide if it is rhymes or not and see if you can fill the bee hive!
Given that this is the third time I have written about groups of African animals often seen on photo safari, I think it's clear that a year cooped up in the house avoiding a virus is plenty long enough. Oh to travel again....
Until then, let's talk about Africa's camouflaged horses, zebras. The collective noun for a group of zebras is zeal. As in, "I just saw a zeal of zebras zip across the Zimbabwean zoological zone. No, there are no prepositions that start with Z. Why do you ask?"
Whoever decided to call them a zeal of zebras obviously got to the end of the alphabetized animal list and decided alliteration was good enough. But I do think its interesting that zeal also has another definition: great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective. As in, Team Herbalogic's zeal for delivering high quality herbal products and reliable natural health education are above reproach.
Herbalogic was started by two acupuncturists, both of whom studied herbal medicine in China and wanted to bring that tradition to the U.S. All of our products are crafted with love of the tradition of herbal medicine.
And yes, Team Herbalogic takes herbs- everyday. Even though it's like a parent naming their favorite child, if the other children don't hear you, is it really that bad? Jeanine's favorite is Decompress MX. Dave's favorite is Fixed Focus Liquid. Sometimes. Other times he says it's Peak Power K2 Capsules, which as it turns out is a combination of the herbs in Peak Power Liquid and Fixed Focus Liquid.
The Zeal of Zebras is just one of a three-part series of the very tenuous connection between collective nouns and traditional Chinese herbs. Feel encouraged to read about The Bloat of Hippos and The Crash of Rhinos.
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