Our own nat- and conlang tongue twisters

[Šm Mepuyoš ab Duhen]

/skrɔb ɔpskrbi ɔpskrbu ɔpskrbʎɛnu ɔpskrbɔm ɔpskrbɛ ɔpskrbʎɛnɔɡ ɔpskrbʎivat͡ʃa/

S in skrob is probably š /ʃ/ so we have škrob /ʃkro̞b/ which means starch.
There is no ɔ but o̞.

[Bob Johnson]

There is no ɔ but o̞.

at a phonemic level this doesn't matter, and ɔ is easier to type

[Herr Dunkel]

^that's not that bad, is it?

It is when you have to say it out loud at a septillion words an hour pace
/pskrb(ʎ)/ is a bitch

[TomHChappell]

There is no ɔ but o̞.

And œ is its prophet?

[ol bofosh]

Best said fast:

I'm not a pheasant plucker I'm a pheasant plucker's son, I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes.

And something some people may recognise from the days of yore:

How much would could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

And whilst not a tongue twister try this: hook your forefingers at the edges of the mouth, pull it wide and try to say "bucket". It might have more than one effect.

I've got a few French tongue twisters somewhere...

[finlay]

Best said fast:

I'm not a pheasant plucker I'm a pheasant plucker's son, I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes.

And something some people may recognise from the days of yore:

How much would could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?=

*"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

[ol bofosh]

Yeah, that looks good...

[ol bofosh]

Si ces six sangsues sont sur son sein sans sucer son sang, ses soins sont sans succès. (just tried saying this, and it makes me sound Chinese! I don't think I'm pronouncing it right...)

and

Où niche la pie? La pie niche haut.
Où niche l'oie? L'oie niche bas.
Où niche l'hibou? L'hibou niche ni haut ni bas !

and

Gros gras grand grain d'orge, tout gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgerisé, quand te dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgeriseras-tu? Je me dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgeriserai quand tous les gros gras grands grains d'orge se seront dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgerisés.

and

Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse, sont-elles sèches, bien sèches, très sèches, archi-sèches ? Si elles ne sont pas sèches, il faut les faire sécher.

(though I think there are some grammatical mistakes in one or two of them, the third I think)

[Cedh]

Here's one from my conlang Tmaśareʔ:

Hakwakakpahcǫʔ ckǫkahkya kmeʔkayahpamomǫʔ kwoco haktahkakahpoʔ kohpco kwahmomǫʔma,
kąta kcehkpehkekehkoʔ kwihkwoʔ sąkma kehće Kąʔkokwohoʔkęʔ ǫkśokmąką ckehtakweckwekńǫkiʔkwi ?

[ ˌhʌkʷʌkʌˈkpɑxtsɔ̃ʔ tskɔ̃ˈkɑxkjʌ kmɛʔˈkɑjɑxˌpʌmʊˌmɔ̃ʔ ˈkʷotsʊ hʌˌktɑxkʌˈkɑxpɔʔ ˌkɔxptsʊ ˈkʷɑxmʊˌmɔ̃ʔmʌ |
ˌkɑ̃tʌ ˌktsɛxˌkpɛxkɛˈkɛxkɔʔ ˈkʷiçkʷɔʔ ˌsɑ̃kmʌ ˌkɛxtʃe ˈkɑ̃ʔkʊkʷoˌhɔʔkɛ̃ʔ ɔ̃ˈkʃokmɑ̃kɑ̃ ˈtskɛ̃xtʌˌkʷɛtskʷɛˌkɲɔ̃kiʔkʷi ]

After the nearby forests have burned down in serious fires and all the suitable trees are gone as a result,
I assume She of the Black Wolves is now building pillars for our dwelling from those dirty dry rocks instead?

(I've posted this one before, but that was in Quickies and it's gone now. I also have an interlinear gloss in case anyone's interested.)

[Nortaneous]

Proto-Kett:

Chaczát czámcharz chmíuł cáchech ach cámchrzj.
[xɔʈ͡ʂɔ́t ʈ͡ʂɔ́mxɔɽ xmíu̯ɫ t͡sɔ́xex ɔx t͡sɔ́mxɽ̊ç]
I construct stopped blue suns for the two devils.

[Foolster41]

Salthan Tounge Twisters! (Though I'm not sure if these are really all that difficult)

Shasessilas dasana chisholssheksani
Shases-silas da-sana chi-shols-shek-sani
wash-pure SUBJ-3m OBJ-cry-cold-3f
"He washes and purifies the woman who is cold and cries"

Shasolefol shas Sana sheksalshasesaneudshaslasa
Shaso-le-fol shas Sana shek-sal-shasesane-ud-shaslasa
picture-POS-TRANS drink 3m cold-good-blood-in-bathtub
"A picture of a man that drinks cold, good blood from a bathtub"

[sirdanilot]

In linguistic fieldwork class, we're studying some obscure west african language (Anyi). I found a nice tongue twister:

b-aɡ͡be bɛ-bɔbɔ̃
they cut them-self
'They cut themselves.'


It's really not that hard as much that it's fun to pronounce

[Skomakar'n]

I wrote a nice Hungarian one the other day. Once again, I can't assure that it's correct, but I hope it is.

A szereteteteket láthattátok.
You (pl.) might* see your (pl.) love.
DEF love.NOMN.POSS-2PP.ACC see.POT.PAST-2PP

* By 'might' I simply mean the past of 'you may see your love', as in, for example 'you have permission to see your love'.

[Astraios]

Nope, doesn't work.

EDIT: To clarify, you can't use 'might' like that.

[----]

Lát means see as in 'perceive with the eyes' and I think the sense you meant was see as in 'meet'. If you don't then this is a very strange sentence.

[finlay]

I wrote a nice Hungarian one the other day. Once again, I can't assure that it's correct, but I hope it is.

A szereteteteket láthattátok.
You (pl.) might* see your (pl.) love.
DEF love.NOMN.POSS-2PP.ACC see.POT.PAST-2PP

* By 'might' I simply mean the past of 'you may see your love', as in, for example 'you have permission to see your love'.

That's "You were allowed to see your love" – might is an indicator of uncertainty which is virtually a synonym of may except that may has the double meaning of uncertainty and permission. </EFL>

[Skomakar'n]

I wrote a nice Hungarian one the other day. Once again, I can't assure that it's correct, but I hope it is.

A szereteteteket láthattátok.
You (pl.) might* see your (pl.) love.
DEF love.NOMN.POSS-2PP.ACC see.POT.PAST-2PP

* By 'might' I simply mean the past of 'you may see your love', as in, for example 'you have permission to see your love'.

That's "You were allowed to see your love" – might is an indicator of uncertainty which is virtually a synonym of may except that may has the double meaning of uncertainty and permission. </EFL>

I know. That's precisely why I gave my explanation. I just felt it would be too bulky and not capture the proper essence, so I decided to use an incorrect formulation with an asterisk followed by an explanation and clarification instead. :p

Lát means see as in 'perceive with the eyes' and I think the sense you meant was see as in 'meet'. If you don't then this is a very strange sentence.

Nope. I meant it in the sense of perceiving with the eyes. Since when do tongue twisters usually not have strange semantics? ;p

Nope, doesn't work.

EDIT: To clarify, you can't use 'might' like that.

Are you talking about the English (which I explained above) or the Hungarian?

[Ser]

El terco de Torco toca tacos.
[elˈterkoðe ˈtorko ˈtoka ˈtakos]
(~'That stubborn guy Torco touches tacos.')

[Nortaneous]

Cherun:
Moomdm mor mug muh myoth motd.
[mʷo̰ːmʷʊ̆mʷ mʷo̤ mʷuŋ mʷu͈ mʲo͈t mʷo̰t]
Many men woke up and are about to eat fruit.

[Left]

Yeah, that looks good...

treegod, that's the correct version of the tongue twister. You typed it wrongly, finlay corrected it for you.

[Astraios]

Are you talking about the English (which I explained above) or the Hungarian?

The English, because you just can't do that. It's as wrong as trying to pretend that "The cat is on the mat" is a better translation of "Jeg så dig i universitetet igår" than "I saw you at uni yesterday". The translation "You might see your love", when you mean "You were allowed to see your love", captures the """proper essence""" of the Hungarian sentence about as well as a lace curtain captures a polar bear.

[Skomakar'n]

Are you talking about the English (which I explained above) or the Hungarian?

The English, because you just can't do that.

I know. That's precisely why I added an asterisk and explained why I did it anyway.

[Astraios]

You are so annoying. xD

[Yagia]

Dutch anybody?

de knappe kapper knipt knapper dan de knappe kapper knipt

(the handsome barber cuts hair smarter than the handsome barber cuts (hair))

schapen scheren in Scheveningen

(shaving sheep in Scheveningen)

[----]

Here's a kinda short one in Navajo:

Nínaaí naa’na’ náánániih.
[nínàːí nàːʔnàʔ náːnánìːh]
Your older brother keeps saying it crawls around.