We all like a good tongue-twister. Well, MIT researchers in America claim to have put together the world’s hardest tongue-twister ever. Any ideas what it might be? Listen to Anthony Carboni and friends on D-News on why tongue-twisters are so interesting and what they tell us about language and the brain,
The Guinness Book of Records says ‘Sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sick sheep’ is the world’s hardest tongue-twister. But try saying: ‘Suzie sits in a shoe-shine shop. Where she sits, she shines, where she shines, she sits’.
But according MIT researchers the most impossible tongue twister ever sounds completely different. Watch the clip and try it for yourself!
Tongue-twisters are fun in any language. Here’s one in French for you to try:
Un chasseur sachant chasser sait chasser sans son chien de chasse.
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