You've probably heard the phrase "The mouse gnawed the clothes of the king of Rome", right? But you know it's a tongue twister?
That's right! Not only her, but many other phrases that we use in everyday life for fun and entertainment are characterized as tongue twisters.
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In general, they are the result of popular culture and derived from prose, verse, phrases and nursery rhymes.
According to the Houaiss dictionary of the Portuguese language, tongue twister is a “verbal game that consists of saying, clearly and quickly, verses or phrases with a high concentration of syllables that are difficult to pronounce, or of syllables formed with the same sounds, but in order different".
So, although it is fun and seems easy, the verbal game requires speed and clarity in the articulation of words. The activity is excellent for stimulating people's memory and diction.
See below for examples of 15 Best Tongue Twisters That Look Easy But Aren't!
1 – Dirty house, dirty floor.
2 – Three sad tigers.
3 – Pedro nailed a nail to the black door.
4 – White catfish, white catfish.
5 – I respect the perfect mayor.
6 – A nest of mafagafos, had seven mafagafinhos. Whoever demuffs these mafagafinhos will be a good demagogue.
7 – One lemon from Milan, a thousand lemons from Milan, a million lemons from Milan.
8 – Sasha peed on the living room floor.
9 – Did you know that the thrush's mother didn't know that the thrush knew how to whistle?
10 – Time asked time how much time time has, time replied to time that time has the time that time has.
11 – What does Cacá want? Cacá wants persimmon. Which persimmon does Cacá want? Cacá wants any persimmon.
12 – The candy asked the candy what is the sweetest candy than sweet potato candy. The candy replied to the candy that the candy sweeter than the sweet potato candy is the sweet potato candy.
13 – Behind the sink there is a plate, a dick and a cat. Drip the sink, trim the plate, sink the dick and meow the cat.
14 – Life is a successive succession of successions that succeed each other successively, without succeeding success.
15 – Bring ink in thirty bowls.
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