Tongue twisters, difficile à prononcer
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The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.
Here is a link provided by Carnesecchi to French tongue-twisters
In French it is called "un virelangue".
You will find interesting ones on Wiki.
One that is for me the most famous one in French:
"Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien"
And another well known
"Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ? Archisèches"
And just try to pronounce more & more quickly:
"panier-piano"
In French it is called "un virelangue".
You will find interesting ones on Wiki.
One that is for me the most famous one in French:
"Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser sans son chien"
And another well known
"Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ? Archisèches"
And just try to pronounce more & more quickly:
"panier-piano"
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My favorite French ones :
Combien ces six saucissons-ci et ces six saucisses-ci ? c'est six sous ces six saucissons-ci et six sous ces six saucisses-ci aussi !
Ton thé t’a-t-il ôté ta toux ?
Petit pot de beurre, quand te dépetitpotdebeurreriseras-tu ? Je me dépetitpotdebeurreriserai quand tous les petits pots de beurre se pépetitpotdebeurreriseront. (J'ai un doute sur l'orthographe du joli néologisme "se dépetitpotdebeurreriser"
)
Dans le même genre que panier-piano, à répéter (enfin, moi, je me trompe dès la première fois):
Je veux et j'exige
Combien ces six saucissons-ci et ces six saucisses-ci ? c'est six sous ces six saucissons-ci et six sous ces six saucisses-ci aussi !
Ton thé t’a-t-il ôté ta toux ?
Petit pot de beurre, quand te dépetitpotdebeurreriseras-tu ? Je me dépetitpotdebeurreriserai quand tous les petits pots de beurre se pépetitpotdebeurreriseront. (J'ai un doute sur l'orthographe du joli néologisme "se dépetitpotdebeurreriser"
)Dans le même genre que panier-piano, à répéter (enfin, moi, je me trompe dès la première fois
):Je veux et j'exige
My favourite English one:
Three Swiss witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches. Which Swiss witch watches which Swiss Swatch watch?
There is also:
Betty Botter had some butter
But she said this butter's bitter
If I bake this bitter butter
it would make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter
that would make my batter better
so she bought a bit of butter
better than her bitter butter
and she baked it in her batter
and the batter was not bitter
So it was better that Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter
Well, to be honest I didn't know the latter was so long. I had to look it up on Google because I didn't remember it well. I found this one which is even better-D) than the one I knew. I got lost reading it, maybe our friends English-speakers will understand better than me!
Three Swiss witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches. Which Swiss witch watches which Swiss Swatch watch?
There is also:
Betty Botter had some butter
But she said this butter's bitter
If I bake this bitter butter
it would make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter
that would make my batter better
so she bought a bit of butter
better than her bitter butter
and she baked it in her batter
and the batter was not bitter
So it was better that Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter
Well, to be honest I didn't know the latter was so long. I had to look it up on Google because I didn't remember it well. I found this one which is even better
-D) than the one I knew. I got lost reading it, maybe our friends English-speakers will understand better than me!I don't know that version, but I do know:
Betty Botter bought some butter
But, she said, my butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter
So she bought some better butter
And it made her batter better.
Also (I think this is right):
Dido dit-on dînait d'os du dos du dodu dindon
Also, try saying, six times in succession, FAST:
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Betty Botter bought some butter
But, she said, my butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter
So she bought some better butter
And it made her batter better.
Also (I think this is right):
Dido dit-on dînait d'os du dos du dodu dindon
Also, try saying, six times in succession, FAST:
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Moi je complète celui-ci :
She sells sea shells on the sea shore. The shells she sells on the sea shore are sea shells...I'm sure
++
Cal
She sells sea shells on the sea shore. The shells she sells on the sea shore are sea shells...I'm sure
++
Cal
Hello,
I found this for your tongue's pleasure : http://www.americanfolklore.net/tonguetwisters.html
And If I may add :
"Didon dîna, dit-on, d'un os du dos dodu d'un dodu dindon.
Si le dos dodu du dodu dindon céda, c'est aux doux et doctes coups de la dite Didon"
Have a nice day!!!
I found this for your tongue's pleasure : http://www.americanfolklore.net/tonguetwisters.html
And If I may add :
"Didon dîna, dit-on, d'un os du dos dodu d'un dodu dindon.
Si le dos dodu du dodu dindon céda, c'est aux doux et doctes coups de la dite Didon"
Have a nice day!!!
This one STILL drives me crazy:
Toy boat.
Toy boat.
One from Edinburgh:
The Leith Police dismisseth us.
The Leith Police dismisseth us.
How about "Unique New York" five times fast?
Hello,
Here are two of my favorites as a child, the second one provides good practice not only with the B's but also the short sounds/ enunciation used at the end of alot of English words.
1. a big baby buggy with rubber buggy bumpers
2. A big black bug bleeds black blood
Here are two of my favorites as a child, the second one provides good practice not only with the B's but also the short sounds/ enunciation used at the end of alot of English words.
1. a big baby buggy with rubber buggy bumpers
2. A big black bug bleeds black blood
My favorite in French:
"Si six scies scient six saucissons, soixante-six scies scient soixante-six saucissons."
Another one that I learned from a Haitian:
"Ciel, si ceci se sait, ses soins sont sans succes."
OK, apparently I have a thing for sibilants. The one that really gets me twisted up in English is a bit ungrammatical:
"A skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thunk the stump stunk. The stump thunk the skunk stunk. Which stunk, the skunk or the stump?"
"Si six scies scient six saucissons, soixante-six scies scient soixante-six saucissons."
Another one that I learned from a Haitian:
"Ciel, si ceci se sait, ses soins sont sans succes."
OK, apparently I have a thing for sibilants. The one that really gets me twisted up in English is a bit ungrammatical:
"A skunk sat on a stump. The skunk thunk the stump stunk. The stump thunk the skunk stunk. Which stunk, the skunk or the stump?"
Hello,
Un facile : "ces cyprès sont si loin qu'on ne sait si c'en sont"
For english speakers : "cyprès" is pronounced as "si près"
Un facile : "ces cyprès sont si loin qu'on ne sait si c'en sont"
For english speakers : "cyprès" is pronounced as "si près"
I don't know that version, but I do know:
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Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon.
The trick lies in the alternance of open clear vowels (wherefor "dîna" rather than "dînait") with corresponding nasals and, of course, the alternance of the far forward clear vowels "i" and "u" with the clear back vowels "o" and "a", all with the constant repetition of the two dentals (d + t).
And I note no one has put in
Peter Piper
picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
How many peppers did Peter Piper pick?
And:
His father works in a shipyard and picks up all the ashes.
(which is not too bad, unless you try to say it quickly LOL)
Wow! What a deprived childhood I had-- I've never even heard of these!!
Here's a rough translation. It isn't the most logical tongue twister (I've never heard of anyone cooking batter before), but it's a good one! Hope this helps!
Here are two links to some English tongue twisters.
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
http://thinks.com/words/tonguetwisters.htm
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm
http://thinks.com/words/tonguetwisters.htm
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How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Ps, it's "Peter Piper ...", there's no "the". Adding a "the" makes it easier!
And yeah, those two sites will list you a whole whack of them... I just wanted to put the woodchuck up for you. I like it. Super drôle quand tu peux le dire vraiment vite.
A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Ps, it's "Peter Piper ...", there's no "the". Adding a "the" makes it easier!
And yeah, those two sites will list you a whole whack of them... I just wanted to put the woodchuck up for you. I like it. Super drôle quand tu peux le dire vraiment vite.