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A tongue twister is a phrase in any language that is designed to challege the speakers of proper articulation.

Examples:

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
How many pickled peppers did peter piper pick?
Toy boat [repeated]
Unique New York [repeated]
I slit a sheet a sheet I slit upon a slitted sheet I sit. (Steve Martin's The Jerk
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Red lorry, yellow lorry [repeated]

Tongue twisters in other languages:

Mandarin

(known as 繞口令)

xi1 shi1 si3 shi2 si4 shi2 si4 (西施死時四十四)
translation: Xi Shi (a famous woman) died at age 44.

The following is a famous tongue twister found in ancient Chinese literature. It was a short story written exclusively with various tones of several similar sounding syllables: xi, shi, si etc.

施氏食獅史

石室詩士施氏，嗜獅，誓食十獅。氏時時適市視獅。十時，適十獅適市。是時，適施氏適是市。氏視十獅，恃矢勢，使是十獅逝世。氏拾是十獅屍，適石室。食時，始識十獅實十石獅屍。試釋是事。

Cantonese

(known as 急口令)

ming5 ding2 bing1 ding1 ting4 ding6 ting3 (酩酊兵丁停定聽)
translation: The drucken soldier stopped and listened.
fu6 fu5 fu4 fu1 fu6 fu3 fu2 (傅婦扶夫赴富府)
translation: Fu's wife carried her husband to the rich man's mansion.

A collection of tongue-twisters in several languages

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/

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 A '''tongue twister''' is a phrase in any language that is designed to challege the speakers of proper articulation.
 Examples:
 *Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, <br> If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. <br> How many pickled peppers did peter piper pick?
 *Toy boat [repeated]
 *Unique New York [repeated]
 *I slit a sheet a sheet I slit upon a slitted sheet I sit.  ([[Steve Martin]]'s [[The Jerk]]
 *She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
 *How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
 *Red lorry, yellow lorry [repeated]
 == Tongue twisters in other languages: ==
 <h3>Mandarin</h3> (known as &#32350;&#21475;&#20196;)
 *xi1 shi1 si3 shi2 si4 shi2 si4 (&#35199;&#26045;&#27515;&#26178;&#22235;&#21313;&#22235;) <br> ''translation:'' Xi Shi (a famous woman) died at age 44.
-*The following is a famous tongue twister found in ancient Chinese literature. It was a short story written exclusively with various tones of several similar sounding syllables: xi, shi, si etc.
+The following is a famous tongue twister found in ancient Chinese literature. It was a short story written exclusively with various tones of several similar sounding syllables: xi, shi, si etc.
 *&#26045;&#27663;&#39135;&#29509;&#21490;
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-*&#30707;&#23460;&#35433;&#22763;&#26045;&#27663;&#65292;&#21980;&#29509;&#65292;&#35475;&#39135;&#21313;&#29509;&#12290;&#27663;&#26178;&#26178;&#36969;&#24066;&#35222;&#29509;&#12290;&#21313;&#26178;&#65292;&#36969;&#21313;&#29509;&#36969;&#24066;&#12290;&#26159;&#26178;&#65292;&#36969;&#26045;&#27663;&#36969;&#26159;&#24066;&#12290;&#27663;&#35222;&#21313;&#29509;&#65292;&#24643;&#30690;&#21218;&#65292;&#20351;&#26159;&#21313;&#29509;&#36893;&#19990;&#12290;&#27663;&#25342;&#26159;&#21313;&#29509;&#23629;&#65292;&#36969;&#30707;&#23460;&#12290;&#39135;&#26178;&#65292;&#22987;&#35672;&#21313;&#29509;&#23526;&#21313;&#30707;&#29509;&#23629;&#12290;&#35430;&#37323;&#26159;&#20107;&#12290;
 <h3>Cantonese</h3> (known as &#24613;&#21475;&#20196;)
 *ming5 ding2 bing1 ding1 ting4 ding6 ting3 (&#37225;&#37194;&#20853;&#19969;&#20572;&#23450;&#32893;) <br> ''translation:'' The drucken soldier stopped and listened.
 *fu6 fu5 fu4 fu1 fu6 fu3 fu2 (&#20613;&#23142;&#25206;&#22827;&#36212;&#23500;&#24220;) <br> ''translation:'' Fu's wife carried her husband to the rich man's mansion.
 <h3>A collection of tongue-twisters in several languages</h3>
 http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/