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Researchers who say, tongue twisters.
Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 22, 2011
And has anyone ever noticed that the word Crisps is almost impossible to say? 
Researchers who say, tongue twisters.
Mu Beta Posted Jul 22, 2011
Yes officer, I've just had a quiet pint with my friends and now I'm on my way home.
B
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hygienicdispenser Posted Jul 22, 2011
I once spent a couple of hours teaching an Indonesian friend to say "Crisps". He found it fiendishly difficult. We went from 'cripps' to 'crippuspus' via 'crisupus'. He was well chuffed when he finally got it right.
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clzoomer- a bit woobly Posted Jul 22, 2011
Rod got the Leith police one in, it*s my favourite.
Just the word *dismisseth* is a tough one after numerous invigourating beverages.
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Effers;England. Posted Jul 22, 2011
That's an excellent one zoomer. I'm on it.
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8584330 Posted Jul 22, 2011
All I want is a proper cup of coffee,
made in a proper copper coffee pot,
I may be off my dot,
but I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot.
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots,
they are no use to me!
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 22, 2011
If youre feeling fancy, you can try some in other languages:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/tonguetwisters/index.htm
Irish, KB?
An bhfacha tú an bacach, nó an bhfacha tú a mhac? Ní fhaca mé an bacach is ní fhacha mé a mhac, ach dá bhfeicfinnse an bacach nó dá bhfeicfinnse a mhac, ní bhacfainn leis an bacach is ní bhacfainn lena mhac!
(Did you see the oaf or did you see his son? I didn't see the oaf nor did I see his son, but if I should see the oaf or should I see his son, I'd ignore the oaf and I'd ignore his son!)
Big up to the Omniglot site, which also has this indispensable page:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hovercraft.htm
Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascanna!
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KB Posted Jul 22, 2011
Irish? Who cares. You've got an axe to grind.
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taliesin Posted Jul 23, 2011
We examined a lot of tongue twisters during my linguistics course at Uni. In English, this was the hardest for most of us:
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick
But the most difficult of all is in Xhosa.. 
Researchers who say, tongue twisters.
macmatica Posted Jul 23, 2011
Xhosa - do tell!
Does it have loads of clicks?
How do you write a click?
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Effers;England. Posted Jul 23, 2011
Yeah clicks are part of the Bushmen's language. I've seen footage of them talking and it's quite something.
Tal that is quite some tongue twister.
Did you do stuff about glottal stops in your course? I've never quite understood what they actually are. I've read the descriptions. Something about abruptly blocking the airway.
A few examples would be good.
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You can call me TC Posted Jul 24, 2011
Glottal stops are used when a word starts with a vowel. In English we don't usually bother with them.
There! There's one! An English native speaker would say "Inninglish"
A German would divide them up with the glottal stop and say "In (!) Englisch". I.e. they would start the "e" sound at the beginning of "English" with a sort of light cough.
One example that springs to mind is the Corrs singing "Angel". In singing it is needed more often than in speaking - to help the rhythm along.
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You can call me TC Posted Jul 24, 2011
Try saying to yourself a sentence starting with "Anyway..." You'll use it for that.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 24, 2011
Or think of the way Cockenees pronounce Bottle: Bo-ull.
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Not the monkey - Skreeeeeeeeeeeee Posted Jul 24, 2011
(In fact put your fingers either side your larynx and youll feel it leap.)
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