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#106455 06/25/03 06:38 PM
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Our *illustrious Faldage was the inspiration for this thread with his nicely put:

"...quoted guest's quote..."

Repeat three times quickly, rinse and spit.


#106456 06/25/03 06:45 PM
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while in the longue...



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#106457 06/25/03 07:16 PM
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nice one, eta


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You spell tomahtoe...


#106459 06/25/03 08:24 PM
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Toy boat

looks easy don't it? try saying out loud, three time!


#106460 06/25/03 09:04 PM
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To help out their tragically non-rhotic guest, my friends in San Marino made me practice this tongue twister:
Trentatre trentini entrarono trotterellando
in Trento, tutti e trentatre trotterellando.

After mastering that one, my nonna then rattled off half a dozen others that she had to learn at school, each one designed to practice a certain consonantal construction. I was very taken with the idea of using tongue twisters for a practical purpose, rather than simply for amusement. I did, however, decline to attempt any of the additional ones demonstrated for me.


#106461 06/25/03 09:34 PM
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the classic one for practices enunciation in NY is

I slit a sheet,
A sheet I slip
Upon a slitted sheet i sit..

that last word,sit, tends to get a sh sound that doesn't belong there.


#106462 06/25/03 11:19 PM
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A box of biscuits
A box of mixed biscuits
And a biscuit mixer.


This was a favorite when we were children, and I can still do it without saying "biksit".


#106463 06/26/03 07:10 AM
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The Leith police dismisseth us.

Supposedly, this was a popular test for drunks which, in those days and I ain't saying anything about nowadays, would have been appropriate in Leith.


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a popular test for drunks

If you can say it you're drunk?


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