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  9. <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Tongue Twisters in Many Languages</H1>

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  12. 	(From A Twister of Twists, a Tangler of Tongues, by Alvin Schwartz.

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  13. 	Philadelphia: J. Lippincott and Co., 1972)

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  15. 	   Man speaks in almost three thousand languages, and in almost

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  16. 	every one there are tongue twisters. In Spanish the word for tongue

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  17. 	twister is trabalengua, which is pronounced "tra-ba-len-gwa" and

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  18. 	means "troubled tongue." This section contains "tongue troublers'' from

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  19. 	nine languages. Their sounds are translated into English sounds so that

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  20. 	if you don't speak a particular language you still can enjoy the trouble.

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  22. 	FRENCH

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  24. 	Diderot dînait du dos d'un dodo dindon.

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  25. 	(Dee-de-ro dee-nay du dough dun doh-doh dahn-don.)

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  26. 	"Diderot dined on the back of a plump turkey."

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  28. 	Le ver vert va vers le verre vert.

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  29. 	(Le vhere vhere va vhere le vhere vhere.)

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  30. 	"The green grub goes to the green grass."

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  32. 	Six sous ces saucissons-ci?!

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  33. 	(See soo say so-see-son-see?!)

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  34. 	"Six cents for these sausages?!"

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  36. 	GERMAN

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  38. 	Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische.

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  39. 	Frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritz.

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  41. 	(Fishers Fritz fisht frish-eh fish-eh.

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  42. 	Frish-eh fish-eh fisht Fischers Fritz.)

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  44. 	"Fritz Fischer fishes for fresh fish.

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  45. 	Fresh fish fish for Fritz Fischer."

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  47. 	GREEK

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  49. 	??? ????? ?? ??? ??????

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  50. 	(Mi-a papi-a ma pi-a papi-a?)

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  51. 	"One duck, but which duck?"

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  53. 	HEBREW

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  54. 	?		???? ??? ??? ???

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  55. 	(Sah-ra sha-rah sheerrr sa-mayach.)

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  56. 	"Sarah sings a happy song."

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  58. 	HUNGARIAN

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  60. 	Mit sütsz kis szücs, sós húst? Sütsz kis szücs?

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  61. 	(Mit sheuts kish seuch, shosh hoosht? Sheuts kish seuch?)

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  62. 	"What are you roasting, little hunter? Are you roasting salt meat?"

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  64. 	ITALIAN

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  66. 	Paolo, pittore poco pratico, pinse pillole per poco prezzo.

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  67. 	(Paw-lo, pit-to-rey poko pra-tico, pin-sey pil-lo-ley per poko pret-zo.)

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  68. 	"Paul, an inexperienced painter, painted pills cheaply."

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  70. 	Un limon, mezzo limon.

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  71. 	(Oon lee-mon, medzo lee-mon.)

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  72. 	"One lemon, half a lemon."

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  74. 	JAPANESE

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  76. 	????????????

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  77. 	(Nama-mugi, nama-gome, nama-tamago.)

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  78. 	"Raw wheat, raw rice, raw eggs."

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  80. 	POLISH

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  82. 	Nie pieprz wieprza pieprzem.

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  83. 	(Nyeh pey-epsch vey-ep-shah pey-ep-schem.)

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  84. 	"Do not pepper the hog with pepper."

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  86. 	SPANISH

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  88. 	Yo no compro coco. Porque como poco coco, poco coco compro.

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  89. 	(Yo no kom-pro koko. Por-kay komo poko koko, poko koko kom-pro.)

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  90. 	"I do not buy coconut. Since I eat little coconut, I buy little coconut."

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  92. 	Mi mama me mima mucho.

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  93. 	(Me mama me mee-ma moo-cho.)

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  94. 	"My mother spoils me a lot."

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  96. 	Tres tristes tigres trillaron trigo en un trigal.

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  97. 	(Tray tree-stays tee-grres tree-yarron tree-go en un tree-gal.)

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  98. 	"Three sad tigers threshing wheat in a wheat field."

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  100. 	Compre poco capa parda, porque el que poco

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  101. 	capa parda compra poco capa parda paga.

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  103. 	(Kom-prey poko ka-pah par-dah, pour-kay el keh

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  104. 	poko ka-pah par-dah kom-prah poko ka-pah par-dah pa-gah.)

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  106. 	"Buy only a little brown cape, for he who buys only a little

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  107. 	brown cape pays only for a little brown cape."

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  109. 	El otorrinolaringologo de Parangaricutirimicuaro se quiere

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  110. 	desotorrinolaringologoparangaricutirimicuarizar

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  111. 	porque si no se

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  112. 	desotorrinolaringologoparangaricutirimicuarizara

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  113. 	lo van a

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  114. 	desotorrinolaringologoparangaricutirimicuarizar.

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  116. 	(El oto-ree-no-lah-rine-go-logo deh Paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ro

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  117. 	sey keyai-reh

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  118. 	des-oto-ree-no-lah-rine-go-logo-paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ree-zar

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  119. 	pour-kay see no sey

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  120. 	des-oto- ree-no- lah-rine-go-logo-paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ree-zara

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  121. 	low vahn a

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  122. 	des-oto-ree-no-lah-rine-go-logo-paran-gah-ree-coo-tee-ree-mi-quah-ree-zar.)

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  124. 	"The eye-ear-nose-throat doctor in Parangaricutirimicuaro

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  125. 	wishes

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  126. 	to stop practicing in Parangaricutirimicuaro

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  127. 	because if he doesn't

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  128. 	stop practicing in Parangaricutirimicuaro

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  129. 	they will make him

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  130. 	stop practicing in Parangaricutirimicuaro."

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  132. 	AND MORE ENGLISH

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  134. 	A noisy noise annoys an oyster.

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  136. 	Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves in groves.

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  138. 	The big black-backed bumblebee.

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  140. 	A critical cricket critic.

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  142. 	Four fat dogs frying fritters and fiddling ferociously.

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  144. 	Five French friars fanning a fainted flea.

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  146. 	Six slippery seals slipping silently ashore.

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  148. 	A pale pink proud peacock pompously preened its pretty plumage.

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  150. 	Swan, swim over the sea.

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  151. 	Swim, swan, swim!

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  152. 	Swan, swim back again.

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  153. 	Well swum, swan!

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  155. 	My dame hath a lame tame crane.

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  156. 	   My dame hath a crane that is lame.

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  157. 	Pray, gentle Jane, let my dame's tame crane

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  158. 	   Feed and come home again.

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  160. 	Sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack.

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  161. 	Sheep should sleep in a shed.

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  163. 	The wild wolf roams the wintry wastes.

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  165. 	Lotty licks lollies lolling in the lobby.

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  167. 	Sly Sam sips Sally's soup.

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  169. 	Nine nimble noblemen nibble nuts.

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  171. 	The two twenty-two tore through town.

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  173. 	Cross crossings cautiously!

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  175. 	He ran from the Indies to the Andes in his undies.

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  177. 	I go by a Blue Goose bus.

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  179. 	Toy boat.

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  181. 	Rubber baby buggy bumpers.

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  183. 	Thin sticks, thick bricks.

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  185. 	The wild wind whipped Whit from the wharf.

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  187. 	We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

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