Thanks, Chris! I knew we could count on you to clear the confusion.
But, I never even considered it could have been written as "queen." So now the rhyme with "velveteen" makes perfect sense. In fact in my "evidence" post above, I had written "3. "'Ocean king' sort-of rhymes with 'velveteen'....at least better than 'ocean came' does." But then deleted it as a weak argument. I wish now I'd left it in!
But, I never even considered it could have been written as "queen." So now the rhyme with "velveteen" makes perfect sense. In fact in my "evidence" post above, I had written "3. "'Ocean king' sort-of rhymes with 'velveteen'....at least better than 'ocean came' does." But then deleted it as a weak argument. I wish now I'd left it in!