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Show The contortions that one's tongue has to go through with, in order to properly pronounce some of Europe's "war names," frequently remind us of the old "tongue twisters" that were used in the country schools many years ago, especially espec-ially if, like those old phrases, they be pronounced quickly. Pick out a list of such names from tho daily papers and try it. Compare them with the following "twister" of the old school days: "A skunk jumped over a stump into a skunk hole;" or "What sort of a noise annoys an oyster. oy-ster. A noisy noise annoys an oyster;" or Ilf Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers, how many pickle peppers did Peter Piper pick?" Another "slippery" one is the beginning of Dr. John Wallis verses publishel in 1653: 'When a twister, a-twisting, -will twist him a twist, for the twisting of his twist he three twines doth In- . twist." J Here are four others that are among the hard- 1 est to repeat without "tripping" sadly: -J "Flesh of freshly dried flying fish." |