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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Twongue-tisters #32610 06/19/01 10:34 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 I have always loved the pleasant - ah, sorry the pheasant plucker tease. Now even more so, having noticed an etymological tidbit that traces the word pheasant to the river Phasis - seems like an emphatic enough extra reason to me [but I'm mad anyway, take no notice e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Twongue-tisters #32611 06/19/01 11:23 AM Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany S squid OP journeyman OP squid journeyman S Joined: May 2001 Posts: 53 Munich, Germany Do you mean: I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son and I'm only plucking pheasants til the pheasant plucker comes? How about: I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit. Upon the slitted sheet I sit. but this is sliding quickly into the gutter... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter found! #32612 06/19/01 01:16 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... Se l'arcivescovo di Costantinopoli si disarcivescovisconstantinopolizzasse tu ti disarcivescoviscostantinopolizzeresti come si è disarcivescoviscostantinopolizzato l' arcivescovo di Costantinopoli? If the archbishop of Costantinople would like to un-archbishop-of-constantinopolize himself, would you un-archbishop-of-constantinopolize yourself, in the same way in which the archbishop of Costantinople un-archbishop-of-constantinopolized himself? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: You win! #32613 06/19/01 01:34 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: found! #32614 06/19/01 02:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain Marianna addict Marianna addict Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 427 Spain How funny, Emanuela! We have a very similar tongue-twister in Spanish! "El arzobispo de Constantinopla, se quiere desarzobispoconstantinopolizar. El desarzobispoconstantinopolizador que lo desarzobispoconstantinopolizare, buen desarzobispoconstantinopolizador sera" Something like "The archbishop of Constantinople wants to de-archbishop-of-constantinopolize himself. The de-archbishop-of-constantinopolizer to de-archbishop-of-constantinopolize him, will be a good de-archbishop-of-constantinopolizer" Marianna Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,895 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 705 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 28 wofahulicodoc 26 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,896 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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