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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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@Marjo wrote:

Some in Finnish:

 

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

 

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vesihiisi sihisi hississä

 

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Yes @Marjo they're definitely tongue twisters. But then my Finnish isn't what it used to be roflLOL

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Another one: 

Kun rämäpää määrää määränpään, on päämääränä rämäpään määräämä määränpää.

This one is easier to say at least to me as a native speaker, but is funny because of the repeating letters. I would imagine for someone learning to speak Finnish it would be super hard! grin

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You just made that up !
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But apparently it means "When the drift determines the destination, the goal is the goal set by the dumbbell."
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@MI5 wrote:
But apparently it means "When the drift determines the destination, the goal is the goal set by the dumbbell."

That's a bit of a t.t. too

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That first Finnish one was a killer, @Marjo!

 

Here's one from Germany:

 

Fischers Fritze fischt frische Fische; Frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritze.

 

(Fritz, the fisherman’s son, fishes for fresh fish; For fresh fish fishes Fritz, the fisherman’s son.)

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@pgn

 

Thats just as bad in both languages...joy

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This is one I haven't seen for a while, from a Dr. Seuss book, I think:

 

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

 

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@pgn wrote:

This is one I haven't seen for a while, from a Dr. Seuss book, I think:

 

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

 

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Probably Fox in Socks? I seem to remember that book had a load of tongue twisters in?

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@MI5 wrote:
But apparently it means "When the drift determines the destination, the goal is the goal set by the dumbbell."

LOL Is that Google translate? Smiley LOL I'd put it something like... when a daredevil determines the destination, the destination is the one determined by the daredevil. yahoo

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