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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Tongue Twisters in Many Languages</H1>
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(From A Twister of Twists, a Tangler of Tongues, by Alvin Schwartz.
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Philadelphia: J. Lippincott and Co., 1972)
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Man speaks in almost three thousand languages, and in almost
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every one there are tongue twisters. In Spanish the word for tongue
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twister is trabalengua, which is pronounced "tra-ba-len-gwa" and
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means "troubled tongue." This section contains "tongue troublers'' from
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nine languages. Their sounds are translated into English sounds so that
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if you don't speak a particular language you still can enjoy the trouble.
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Diderot dînait du dos d'un dodo dindon.
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(Dee-de-ro dee-nay du dough dun doh-doh dahn-don.)
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"Diderot dined on the back of a plump turkey."
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Le ver vert va vers le verre vert.
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(Le vhere vhere va vhere le vhere vhere.)
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"The green grub goes to the green grass."
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Six sous ces saucissons-ci?!
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(See soo say so-see-son-see?!)
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"Six cents for these sausages?!"
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Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische.
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Frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritz.
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(Fishers Fritz fisht frish-eh fish-eh.
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Frish-eh fish-eh fisht Fischers Fritz.)
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"Fritz Fischer fishes for fresh fish.
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Fresh fish fish for Fritz Fischer."
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Μια παπια μα πια παπια?
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(Mi-a papi-a ma pi-a papi-a?)
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"One duck, but which duck?"
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(Sah-ra sha-rah sheerrr sa-mayach.)
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"Sarah sings a happy song."
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Mit sütsz kis szücs, sós húst? Sütsz kis szücs?
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(Mit sheuts kish seuch, shosh hoosht? Sheuts kish seuch?)
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"What are you roasting, little hunter? Are you roasting salt meat?"
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Paolo, pittore poco pratico, pinse pillole per poco prezzo.
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(Paw-lo, pit-to-rey poko pra-tico, pin-sey pil-lo-ley per poko pret-zo.)
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"Paul, an inexperienced painter, painted pills cheaply."
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Un limon, mezzo limon.
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(Oon lee-mon, medzo lee-mon.)
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"One lemon, half a lemon."
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(Nama-mugi, nama-gome, nama-tamago.)
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"Raw wheat, raw rice, raw eggs."
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Nie pieprz wieprza pieprzem.
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(Nyeh pey-epsch vey-ep-shah pey-ep-schem.)
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"Do not pepper the hog with pepper."
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Yo no compro coco. Porque como poco coco, poco coco compro.
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(Yo no kom-pro koko. Por-kay komo poko koko, poko koko kom-pro.)
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"I do not buy coconut. Since I eat little coconut, I buy little coconut."
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Mi mama me mima mucho.
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(Me mama me mee-ma moo-cho.)
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"My mother spoils me a lot."
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Tres tristes tigres trillaron trigo en un trigal.
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(Tray tree-stays tee-grres tree-yarron tree-go en un tree-gal.)
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"Three sad tigers threshing wheat in a wheat field."
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Compre poco capa parda, porque el que poco
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capa parda compra poco capa parda paga.
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(Kom-prey poko ka-pah par-dah, pour-kay el keh
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poko ka-pah par-dah kom-prah poko ka-pah par-dah pa-gah.)
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"Buy only a little brown cape, for he who buys only a little
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brown cape pays only for a little brown cape."
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El otorrinolaringologo de Parangaricutirimicuaro se quiere
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desotorrinolaringologoparangaricutirimicuarizar
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desotorrinolaringologoparangaricutirimicuarizara
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desotorrinolaringologoparangaricutirimicuarizar.
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(El oto-ree-no-lah-rine-go-logo deh Paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ro
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des-oto-ree-no-lah-rine-go-logo-paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ree-zar
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des-oto- ree-no- lah-rine-go-logo-paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ree-zara
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des-oto-ree-no-lah-rine-go-logo-paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ree-zar.)
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"The eye-ear-nose-throat doctor in Parangaricutirimicuaro
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to stop practicing in Parangaricutirimicuaro
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because if he doesn't
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stop practicing in Parangaricutirimicuaro
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stop practicing in Parangaricutirimicuaro."
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A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
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Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves in groves.
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The big black-backed bumblebee.
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A critical cricket critic.
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Four fat dogs frying fritters and fiddling ferociously.
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Five French friars fanning a fainted flea.
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Six slippery seals slipping silently ashore.
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A pale pink proud peacock pompously preened its pretty plumage.
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Swan, swim over the sea.
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Swan, swim back again.
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My dame hath a lame tame crane.
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My dame hath a crane that is lame.
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Pray, gentle Jane, let my dame's tame crane
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Feed and come home again.
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Sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack.
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Sheep should sleep in a shed.
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The wild wolf roams the wintry wastes.
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Lotty licks lollies lolling in the lobby.
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Sly Sam sips Sally's soup.
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Nine nimble noblemen nibble nuts.
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The two twenty-two tore through town.
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Cross crossings cautiously!
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He ran from the Indies to the Andes in his undies.
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I go by a Blue Goose bus.
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Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
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Thin sticks, thick bricks.
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The wild wind whipped Whit from the wharf.
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We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
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