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EmilieT
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Hi everyone, 

 

Most languages have their own, and they can be quite a challenge for adults and children alike ... Tongue Twisters are phrases designed to be particularly difficult to articulate. They can be used to help improve one's pronunciation, but most importantly they're a usually a good laugh smiley

 

As my mother tongue is French, I only know tongue twisters in that language and none in English.  Since yesterday was Tongue twisters Day, I thought it'd be a great opportunity for you guys to help me discover some of your favourite tongue twisters, in English or any language! It'll be really fun to see what they look like, and try to pronounce them thinking

 

Here are a couple of French "virelangues":

 

  • Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cents scies scient six cent cyprès.
  • Ce ver vert sévère sait verser ses verres verts. 
  • Les chaussettes de l'archi-duchesse, sont-elles sèches ou archi-sèches.

 

Looking forward to your replies joy

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@jonsie wrote:

Now you gone and done it....


Or perhaps not... t'is still there at 23:30 15-Nov cool

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@pgn wrote:

Not a Tongue-twister this one, @jonsie and @Cleoriff, and I'll be surprised if this remains beyond the morning:

 

What's the difference between a circus trapeze artist and a policeman's truncheon?

 

Well, the first is for cunning stunts...

 

Horrified


Just caught up on this thread, so just read this. And I love it but then it's right up my street - I'm no lady LOL

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You're all terrible and me, a vicar's son.....the moral standard of this community, tut tut!

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@jonsie wrote:

You're all terrible and me, a vicar's son.....the moral standard of this community, tut tut!


The moral standard of this community is as it should be - filthy......LOL And on that note I bid you all a good night Wave

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Some in Finnish:

 

Yksikseskös yskiskelet, itsekseskös itkeskelet, yksikseskös istuskelet, itkeskellen yskiskelet.

 

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vesihiisi sihisi hississä

 

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Any one of those words would do for me let alone all of them !
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I just said the first one out loud at the office and was expecting it to go quick and smooth to impress my colleagues, but I ended up struggling with it. LOL

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I tried the first one a couple of tmes whilst in Tesco. They phoned the Finnish Embassy!

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