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What tongue-twister/s do you have in your first language?

User Profile: MoonlightHelper1
MoonlightHelper1 November 9th, 2019

A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, and can be used as a type of spoken word game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-twister).

Listen to this tongue-twister song from Hindi film Fanaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JCszwP5tl8

One example from the English language: Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

Can You Say 'Eyjafjallajokull'? This Icelandic volcano's name is a tongue-twister as well!

The volcano known as Eyjafjallajökull, is closest to what ...

Check out the following video to see how 70 People try 70 tongue-twisters from 70 countries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI1J2bbbOt4

Share what tongue-twister/s you have in your first language!

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 10th, 2019

@ThankYouForLettingMeTryingToHelp

I enjoyed trying those, I am currently learning Spanish and that was a nice practice for pronunciation yes

This one is definitely my favorite: Pancha plancha con cuatro planchas.
Con cuántas planchas Pancha plancha?

wink Thank you for sharing with us

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User Profile: AddictedTealover98
AddictedTealover98 November 10th, 2019

Well I'm fluent in Malay and a bit Chinese language other than English.. So I'm gonna pick Chinese cheeky

Chinese is more of a poem but still. Its a tougue twisting mania.

石室诗士施氏,嗜狮,誓食十狮。
氏时时适市视狮。
十时,适十狮适市。
是时,适施氏适市。
氏视是十狮,恃矢势,使是十狮逝世。
氏拾是十狮尸,适石室。
石室湿,氏使侍拭石室。
石室拭,氏始试食是十狮。
食时,始识是十狮尸,实十石狮尸。
试释是事。

Shí shì shī shì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.
Shì shí shí shì shì shì shī.
Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.
Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.
Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shì shì.
Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shí shì.
Shí shì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shí shì.
Shí shì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.
Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī.
Shì shì shì shì.

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 10th, 2019

@AddictedTealover98

This is certainly a tongue-twister for me, looking at it is almost hypnotizing as I know nothing about Chinese but it looks nice! cheeky No wonder that Chinese is regarded as one of the most difficult languages in the world.

enlightened Thank you for sharing!

User Profile: CarefulPlum56
CarefulPlum56 November 18th, 2019

@AddictedTealover98

Haha its not only a tongue twister its also an eye spinner😁...liked it❤

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1Vanillaicecream November 10th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many peckd of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 10th, 2019

@1Vanillaicecream

Nice one yes Thank you for sharing

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1Vanillaicecream November 13th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1, I actually grew up with that, so its special to me.

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User Profile: fantasticDancer50
fantasticDancer50 November 10th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1

Me han dicho un dicho que han dicho que he dicho yo. Ese dicho está mal dicho, pues si lo hubiera dicho yo estaría mejor dicho que el dicho que han dicho que he dicho yo.

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 10th, 2019

@fantasticDancer50

Love how it sounds wink Thank you for sharing

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 13th, 2019

@fantasticDancer50

We haven t got Portuguese yet yes Thank you for sharing with us

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User Profile: cyanPlatypus6370
cyanPlatypus6370 November 15th, 2019

Hi all! My first language is English (American style). I skimmed through what was already here and one of my favorites is not here yet .... so here it goes!

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could ... if a woodchuck could chuck wood! heart

Here are a few we used in choir and also in theater - for warm-ups:

1 - The lips, The teeth, The tip of the tongue. (repeat)

2 - Red leather, Yellow leather. (repeat)

These two are both to get your mouth, tongue, lips, etc ready or 'waked' up. The goal is to #1 - enunciate the syllables. Also to pronounce correctly and of course not to get tongue-tied!

3 - there's one about aluminum (think, think, think) ... Aluminum, Linoleum, Aluminum, Linoleum. (repeat)

Side note: of these here, Number 2 (Leather) is the hardest for me. And as mentioned, I LOVE the one with woodchucks! wink Platy

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 17th, 2019

@cyanPlatypus6370

Hello, Platy,

thank you for sharing this great tongue-twister with us along with some more that you used in choir and theater for warm-ups! yes wink I really like them.

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cyanPlatypus6370 November 18th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1 - Moonlight, what is your first language? I have many more. Tongue twisters are sometimes assigned in speech therapy (depending on what the patient is struggling with). Oh, boy, sometimes they can be SO frustrating! (There are no grades for tongue-twisters, rhymes, or riddles. It's okay, Platy.) Deep breath. ~ Platy

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 20th, 2019

@cyanPlatypus6370

Yes Platy, they can indeed be quite frustrating especially when you are having a speech therapy or trying to learn a new language! I will share our Czech tongue- twister :)

Třistatřiatřicet stříbrných křepelek přeletělo přes třistatřiatřicet stříbrných střech.
Three hundred and thirty three silver quails flew over three hundred and thirty three silver roofs.

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User Profile: CarefulPlum56
CarefulPlum56 November 15th, 2019

Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho

Samajh samajhna bhi ek samajh hai

Samajh samajh ke jo na samjhe

Meri nazar me wo na samajh hai

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 17th, 2019

@CarefulPlum56

This sounds so pretty! What language is it? heart

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CarefulPlum56 November 17th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1

Its called urdu...pakistani language

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MoonlightHelper1 OP November 17th, 2019

@CarefulPlum56

Urdu, that s great! I was guessing Hindi, I do not know whether these two are very different from one another. (Please excuse my lack of knowledge, but this is what this community is all about!! To learn new things about different countries and languages heart) . Thank you for sharing this with us :)

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User Profile: CarefulPlum56
CarefulPlum56 November 17th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1

No sorry needed, it's completely okay. And yes there is difference between urdu and hindi . I'm glad you liked it😊

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User Profile: cyanPlatypus6370
cyanPlatypus6370 November 18th, 2019

@CarefulPlum56 - Hi ... Do you know, isn't Urdu also spoken in India? Or maybe is that a different or far different dialect? ~Platy

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CarefulPlum56 November 18th, 2019

@cyanPlatypus6370

Urdu is spoken both in india and pakistan. But urdu is the national language of pakistan while hindi is that of india...both have some words differrences according to the respective countries

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User Profile: MoonlightHelper1
MoonlightHelper1 OP December 2nd, 2019

the longest place name in Europe =D ...

This European town with the longest name is located in Wales and is translated as: "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the red cave."

You can find more information about this town here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Can you pronounce its name in Welsh? :)

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cyanPlatypus6370 December 15th, 2019

@MoonlightHelper1 - Sure. Platy says, "pronounce it's name in Welsh."

lol. I have not studied Welsh at all; though one of my favorite authors is from that part (I think) of the UK.

heart Platy

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Stoffel January 8th, 2020

Here's another german one:

"Am zehnten zehnten um zehn Uhr zehn zogen zehn zahme Ziegen zehn Zentner Zucker zum Zürichter Zoo."

On the tenth of November at ten past ten o'clock, ten tame goats pulled ten quintals of sugar to the zoo of Züricht.

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MoonlightHelper1 OP January 9th, 2020

@Soe22

Haha I love this one! �laugh It sounds great. Thank you for sharing

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