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Twisting Tongues in Other Tongues
This page was originally created to give a good group of tongue twisters to people in speech therapy, to people who want to work on getting rid of an accent, or to people who just plain like tongue twisters. I hope you enjoy them.
This page was originally created to give a good group of tongue twisters to people in speech therapy, to people who want to work on getting rid of an accent, or to people who just plain like tongue twisters. I hope you enjoy them.
Merde! Je me rappelle bien ceux-ci: awful, horrible, torturous, but indispensible in terms of training on pronunciation. Great find!
posted by psmealey at 8:28 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by psmealey at 8:28 AM on December 30, 2004
I feel as if I have Tourette's now.
(Lots of fun, though, thanks)
posted by immer geradeaus at 8:36 AM on December 30, 2004
(Lots of fun, though, thanks)
posted by immer geradeaus at 8:36 AM on December 30, 2004
Whoa, I stumbled onto the second link ages ago, nice to see it again. This one is a variation on the Eats, Shoots, and Leaves story, btw. Thanks!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:55 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:55 AM on December 30, 2004
Google's cache of the geocities link in case it goes kaputski.
I like this one:
C’hwec’h merc’h gwerc’h war c’hwec’h marc’h kalloc’h o tougen c’hwec’h sac’h kerc’h.
posted by iconomy at 8:56 AM on December 30, 2004
I like this one:
C’hwec’h merc’h gwerc’h war c’hwec’h marc’h kalloc’h o tougen c’hwec’h sac’h kerc’h.
posted by iconomy at 8:56 AM on December 30, 2004
these really are fun--i'm going to use these to confuse Italians when i'm there ; >
posted by amberglow at 9:01 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by amberglow at 9:01 AM on December 30, 2004
lynnster’s list slurs lips
Some are difficult to say even once:
Unique New York
Three free throws
Flash message!
Should I seek speech therapy?
--oops, there’s another.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:12 AM on December 30, 2004
Some are difficult to say even once:
Unique New York
Three free throws
Flash message!
Should I seek speech therapy?
--oops, there’s another.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:12 AM on December 30, 2004
Thanks for the cache, iconomy... it appears to be kaputski already!
All I know is that I now wish my name was "Peggy Babcock"... imagine all of the torment my name could cause! Mwaaaahhhhahaha! (rubbing hands together in evil fashion.) ;)
posted by miss lynnster at 9:22 AM on December 30, 2004
All I know is that I now wish my name was "Peggy Babcock"... imagine all of the torment my name could cause! Mwaaaahhhhahaha! (rubbing hands together in evil fashion.) ;)
posted by miss lynnster at 9:22 AM on December 30, 2004
Kali ka katër këmbë, këmbët e kalit kërcasin kur kali kalon kanalin.
Excellent stuff -- thanks, miss lynster!
posted by languagehat at 9:24 AM on December 30, 2004
Excellent stuff -- thanks, miss lynster!
posted by languagehat at 9:24 AM on December 30, 2004
Is Tourette's infectious, and if so does anyone know where I can get it?
posted by Cancergiggles at 9:26 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by Cancergiggles at 9:26 AM on December 30, 2004
Just get a really bad back injury... that worked for me. I can even curse like a sailor in my sleep now. It's Tourettes-o-licious.
posted by miss lynnster at 9:30 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by miss lynnster at 9:30 AM on December 30, 2004
Is Tourette's infectious, and if so does anyone know where I can get it?
I think it's available at Tourette's Etcetera.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:33 AM on December 30, 2004
I think it's available at Tourette's Etcetera.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:33 AM on December 30, 2004
Shades of speech therapy!
I had a lisp and stuttered when I was young [okay, I still do, some] and my speech therapist used a lot of these to help me overcome it.
Oh the pain of the 'S' words!
Seriously why DOES the word lisp have an 's' in it?
posted by kamylyon at 9:36 AM on December 30, 2004
I had a lisp and stuttered when I was young [okay, I still do, some] and my speech therapist used a lot of these to help me overcome it.
Oh the pain of the 'S' words!
Seriously why DOES the word lisp have an 's' in it?
posted by kamylyon at 9:36 AM on December 30, 2004
"Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently."
I think that happened at Cannes.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 9:37 AM on December 30, 2004
I think that happened at Cannes.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 9:37 AM on December 30, 2004
In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum.
Froh Zeit, y'all....
posted by alumshubby at 9:38 AM on December 30, 2004
Froh Zeit, y'all....
posted by alumshubby at 9:38 AM on December 30, 2004
Seriously why DOES the word lisp have an 's' in it?
I'd guess it's onomatopoeic, at least to a certaint extent. Dutch is "slis(-sen)".
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:05 AM on December 30, 2004
I'd guess it's onomatopoeic, at least to a certaint extent. Dutch is "slis(-sen)".
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:05 AM on December 30, 2004
Theothalis Thistle, successful thistle sifter,
One day, while sifting a sieve of unsifted thistles,
Stuck an unsifted thistle through the thick of his nose.
posted by MotherTucker at 10:33 AM on December 30, 2004
One day, while sifting a sieve of unsifted thistles,
Stuck an unsifted thistle through the thick of his nose.
posted by MotherTucker at 10:33 AM on December 30, 2004
What, no Sanskrit? Sri syadasti syadavaktavya syadasti syannasti syadasti cavaktavyasca syadasti syannasti syadavatavyasca syadasti syannasti syadavaktavyasca.
posted by squidlarkin at 10:37 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by squidlarkin at 10:37 AM on December 30, 2004
I love tongue twisters. They are descriptions of a magic land filled with tinsmiths and shepards and witches and animals having peppy conversations, with a currency so rich its citizens buy seashells at the seashore and have whole stores devoted to fish sauce, and all are peacefully ruled by their benevolent and inscrutable queen, Peggy Babcock. It makes me happy to visit new fiefdoms, and receive their wisdom. Particularly pretty post miss lynster!
posted by melissa may at 10:55 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by melissa may at 10:55 AM on December 30, 2004
I likes em cause they're funny and people are funny trying to say em. But what M. May says, too.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:59 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 10:59 AM on December 30, 2004
järjestelmällistämättömyydelläänsäkäänköhän. Yeah.
posted by dabitch at 11:19 AM on December 30, 2004
posted by dabitch at 11:19 AM on December 30, 2004
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
Anyone smelt fart on that one? I did. Phew.
posted by OpinioNate at 5:52 PM on December 30, 2004
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
Anyone smelt fart on that one? I did. Phew.
posted by OpinioNate at 5:52 PM on December 30, 2004
In Mandarin Chinese, there's the "stone lion" (shi [second tone], shi [first tone]) twisters, some of which combine the unretroflexed si (as in "four") with the retroflexed shi. But here's one with all shi's that starts out
shi2 shi4 shi1 shi4 shi1 shi4, shi4 shi1
shi4 shi2 shi2 shi1
Which of course means
there was a poetic scholar whose name is Mr. Shi, who took delight in lions,
he vowed to eat 10 lions
"si-shi-si" ('forty-four") is the Mandarin version of a Shibolleth. Southern Chinese have difficulty with retroflex sounds including the "sh" so si-shi-si comes out, to the snickers of the Beijing crowd, as si-si-si.
posted by mono blanco at 6:50 PM on December 30, 2004
shi2 shi4 shi1 shi4 shi1 shi4, shi4 shi1
shi4 shi2 shi2 shi1
Which of course means
there was a poetic scholar whose name is Mr. Shi, who took delight in lions,
he vowed to eat 10 lions
"si-shi-si" ('forty-four") is the Mandarin version of a Shibolleth. Southern Chinese have difficulty with retroflex sounds including the "sh" so si-shi-si comes out, to the snickers of the Beijing crowd, as si-si-si.
posted by mono blanco at 6:50 PM on December 30, 2004
"C'est pas beau mais tentant de tenter de tâter, de téter les tétons de tata quand tonton n'est pas là. "
*plays "Yackety Sax"*
posted by Wolof at 7:02 PM on December 30, 2004
*plays "Yackety Sax"*
posted by Wolof at 7:02 PM on December 30, 2004
Try to find something in Czech that ISN'T a tongue twister.
posted by RavinDave at 10:10 PM on December 30, 2004
posted by RavinDave at 10:10 PM on December 30, 2004
haha. Great find. A Japanese favorite of mine:
19. "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi."
posted by xtian at 12:31 PM on December 31, 2004
19. "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi."
posted by xtian at 12:31 PM on December 31, 2004
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