How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Tongue twisters are hard enough to say in your mother tongue. But
imagine how dextrous your cakehole would have to be to get your vocal
chords around tongue twisters in foreign languages.
So last summer, myself, Jon and Oliver set off for central London brandishing a camera and microphone in search of some tourists.
We simply asked every lost-looking person we found in the West End
to recite a tongue twister in their own tongue. I say "simply", but
trying to explain the concept to people who struggle to even understand
your more benign greetings proved troublesome.
The tongue twisters were incredible. The people hilarious. And the
final film... well, we'll let you judge that. But we want more.
According to the 1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters,
there are 2,735 twisters in 108 languages. And I'm sure this is just
the tip of the iceberg. We want you to film yourself saying your
favorite one in your native language. Upload it to Google Videos or YouTube (link to follow), then link to them from this here blog.
The full version to date has just made it into post-production, and will be ready to tie your mouth in knots early in January.
In the meantime - recite after Freddy:
Trentatré Trentini entrarono a Trento, tutti e trentatré, trotterellando
Thanks to archibaldus
gitti.
Siz bizim Çekoslavakyalılaştırdıklarımızdan mısınız yoksa Çekoslavakyalılaştıramadıklarımızdan mısınız?
Thanks to eskisehirinTURKEY
byl jednou jeden řek a ten mi řek abych mu řek kolik je v řecku řeckých řek. a já mu řek že nejsem řek abych mu řek kolik je v řecku řeckých řek.
Thanks to WinnieTheTwinnie
jeg plukker frugt med en brugt frugt plukker.
fem flade flødeboller på et fladt flødebollefad.
Thanks to 0oDenniso0
GERMAN
Denke nie gedacht zu haben, denn das Denken, der Gedanke, ist gedankenloses Denken. Denn wenn du denkst, das du denkst, denkst du nur, du denkst, doch denken tust du nie, du gedankenloses Ding.
Thanks to IceDragon919
Atrás de uma jarra rara há uma aranha rara, tanto a jarra rara arranha a aranha rara quanto a aranha rara arranha a jarra rara.
Thanks to yamandudacosta
nakakapagpabagabag
binabalakubak ka na, babalakubakin ka pa
Kabilugan ng buan, buan ng kabilugan
Thanks to epal4ever
DUTCH
Thanks to lygophile
La(.t rau ro^`i luo^.t
Thanks to tommyn79
Kono Take o Kono Takegaki ni Tatekaketa no wa,
Take o Tatekaketakattakara Tatekaketa no desu.
Thanks to ivorykitten
HUNGARIAN
Nem minden fajta szarka farka tarka, csak a tarka farku fajta szarka farka tarka.
Thanks to punkypunky1
大猫毛长, da mor mor chang
小猫毛短, Sheol mor mor dwell
大猫比小猫毛长, da mor bee sheol mor mor chang
小猫比大猫毛短。 Sheol mor bee da mor mor dwell
amazing translation:
fluff of kitty is short
fluff of big cat is long
the fluff of big cat is longer than the fluff of kitty
the fluff of kitty is shorter thanthe fluff of big cat
Thanks to kinbery