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Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir?

miss lynnster — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:17:49 -0800

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.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:22:42 -0800

I've submitted a few to übersetzung. It's one of my favorite sites. I wish they'd provide transliterations of the Georgian ones so I could share the misery with others.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:28:56 -0800

Merde! Je me rappelle bien ceux-ci: awful, horrible, torturous, but indispensible in terms of training on pronunciation. Great find!

By: immer geradeaus

immer geradeaus — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:36:04 -0800

I feel as if I have Tourette's now. (Lots of fun, though, thanks)

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:36:06 -0800

Neat!

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:55:52 -0800

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!

By: j.p. Hung

j.p. Hung — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:56:03 -0800

or try this one for beginners

By: iconomy

iconomy — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:56:18 -0800

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.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:01:57 -0800

these really are fun--i'm going to use these to confuse Italians when i'm there ; >

By: Uccellina

Uccellina — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:11:57 -0800

Whoa. Deep.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:12:07 -0800

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.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:22:14 -0800

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.) ;)

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:24:39 -0800

Kali ka katër këmbë, këmbët e kalit kërcasin kur kali kalon kanalin. Excellent stuff -- thanks, miss lynster!

By: Cancergiggles

Cancergiggles — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:26:23 -0800

Is Tourette's infectious, and if so does anyone know where I can get it?

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:30:09 -0800

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.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:33:05 -0800

Is Tourette's infectious, and if so does anyone know where I can get it? I think it's available at Tourette's Etcetera.

By: kamylyon

kamylyon — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:36:01 -0800

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?

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:37:15 -0800

"Vincent vowed vengeance very vehemently." I think that happened at Cannes.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:38:35 -0800

In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum. Froh Zeit, y'all....

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:05:58 -0800

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)".

By: MotherTucker

MotherTucker — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:33:59 -0800

Theothalis Thistle, successful thistle sifter, One day, while sifting a sieve of unsifted thistles, Stuck an unsifted thistle through the thick of his nose.

By: squidlarkin

squidlarkin — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:37:12 -0800

What, no Sanskrit? Sri syadasti syadavaktavya syadasti syannasti syadasti cavaktavyasca syadasti syannasti syadavatavyasca syadasti syannasti syadavaktavyasca.

By: NemesisVex

NemesisVex — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:55:21 -0800

Those must be some mean chickens (#30).

By: melissa may

melissa may — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:55:31 -0800

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!

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:59:07 -0800

I likes em cause they're funny and people are funny trying to say em. But what M. May says, too.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:19:11 -0800

järjestelmällistämättömyydelläänsäkäänköhän. Yeah.

By: Bdave

Bdave — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:45:12 -0800

Owww. Mi mowf hurts. Nife poft.

By: OpinioNate

OpinioNate — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:52:30 -0800

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.

By: mono blanco

mono blanco — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:50:19 -0800

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.

By: Wolof

Wolof — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:02:30 -0800

"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"*

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Thu, 30 Dec 2004 22:10:08 -0800

Try to find something in Czech that ISN'T a tongue twister.

By: xtian

xtian — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 12:31:38 -0800

haha. Great find. A Japanese favorite of mine: 19. "Sumomo mo momo, momo mo momo, sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi."

By: ORthey

ORthey — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 14:17:23 -0800

Shla Sasha pa shasse i sasala sushku.