Doha, Qatar: The second Sunday of November each year is marked as International Tongue Twister Day, celebrated in recognition of the first published tongue twister from Peter Piper’s Practical ...
Si ton tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton sera tondu par ton tonton. This actually means: 'If your uncle shaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaved by your uncle.' Sent by: Archie Actually, this ...
As adults, it’s easy to forget how complicated speech really is, especially when you’re first learning it. Not only do small children have to figure out things like grammar and vocabulary but they’ve ...
We in America are blessed with an abundance of international comestibles — and cursed with an inability to pronounce them. It’s a linguistic jungle out there. Here’s a survival guide. If you can’t get ...
Repeat after me: how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. Nowm say it faster... Who knew there was an International Tongue Twister Day? Maybe no one could quite bring ...
My fascination with languages stems from the skills of my school teachers. They conveyed a real sense of fun. A tongue-twister they taught me in French was: Si six scies scient six cyprès, six cent ...
Not really a tong twister, as it is easy to say, but it is so long that no one understands it. Well known amongst French boy scouts. Tas de riz tas de rats. Tas de riz tentant taz de rat tentés. Tas ...