It’s time for tantalizing, tongue twisting, Tongue Twister Day

9 November is Tongue Twister Day.

November 7, 2014

Wayne van der Walt Less than a minute

‘The seething sea ceaseth and thus the seething sea sufficeth us.’

Tongue-twisters may rely on rapid alternation between similar but distinct phonemes or other features of a spoken language in order to be difficult to articulate.

Our journalists at Standerton Advertiser/Ibis twisted and turned their tongues in their respective languages, and the results were hilarious…

9 November is Tongue Twister Day, here are a few tongue twisters to get you started:

Zulu:

UCele ucambalele ocansini ucabanga ngecebo lokuciba ucilo ngomcibisholo.

Afrikaans:

Hoekom tok toktokkies tok-tok-tok teen honderd hoenderhokke?

English:

Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked

Send us your tongue twister videos or links to editor@stadvertiser.co.za

November 7, 2014

Wayne van der Walt Less than a minute

Wayne van der Walt

Wayne van der Walt, with around 15 years in the media industry, is editor of Highvelder Newspaper. His accolades include Frewin Awards for Newspaper of the Year and Front Page of the Year, and FCJ Photographer of the Year, among other honours.