YangYaiEric Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Have you ever asked a Thai friend of yours to recite the following sentences? 'Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled Peppers, how many Pickled Peppers did Peter Piper Pick?' I've asked my my Thai wife of 20 years on many occasions to try to to recite the above tongue-twister, and for the life of her she stumbles after only a few words ! She, in turn, provides me with a smilar Thai tongue-twister challenge, the English translation of which is 'Who sells chicken eggs' but in Thai it sounds like 'Khai Khaai Khai Gai..' Naturally, she falls over laughing at my feable attempts to get the right tone !! I'm sure there are many other examples of tongue-twisters out there (English as well as Thai). Anyone out there with similar ancedotes? (Purely a light-hearted thread, this one ) YangYai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acquiesce Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 asking dutch girls to say 'guitarist' is quite amusing. Certainly an ice breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYaiEric Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. Nice one Acquiesce! I cant even say it myself, let alone my wife !! But, I'll try it out on her though! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acquiesce Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. Nice one Acquiesce! I cant even say it myself, let alone my wife !! But, I'll try it out on her though! Cheers! Good luck, you might get a punch in the arm though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acquiesce Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Yakyai lai yaklek, yaklek lai yakyai. A big demon chased a small demon, a small demon chased a big demon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Yakyai lai yaklek, yaklek lai yakyai.A big demon chased a small demon, a small demon chased a big demon. I Give Up............ ........................where can I get new dentures now please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigphil30uk Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 The Queen was once visiting a silversmiths and asked one of the workers "Are you copper bottoming them my man" ? "No, i'm aluminiuming them maam" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikethevigoman Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Have you ever asked a Thai friend of yours to recite the following sentences?'Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled Peppers, how many Pickled Peppers did Peter Piper Pick?' I've asked my my Thai wife of 20 years on many occasions to try to to recite the above tongue-twister, and for the life of her she stumbles after only a few words ! She, in turn, provides me with a smilar Thai tongue-twister challenge, the English translation of which is 'Who sells chicken eggs' but in Thai it sounds like 'Khai Khaai Khai Gai..' Naturally, she falls over laughing at my feable attempts to get the right tone !! I'm sure there are many other examples of tongue-twisters out there (English as well as Thai). Anyone out there with similar ancedotes? (Purely a light-hearted thread, this one ) YangYai. This sounds funny coming from a thai ! "firty fousand fevvers on frushs froat " .. my 5 year old says it and i fall about ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_hippo Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead No-one has mentioned the pheasant plucker yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff1n2ret Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Sarah, Sarah, sitting in the shoeshine shop All day long she sits and shines All day long she shines and sits She sits and shines and shines and sits.... etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYaiEric Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead BRILLIANT ! Nice one Mr_Hippo! As a Scouser myself I really like that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYaiEric Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 Sarah, Sarah, sitting in the shoeshine shopAll day long she sits and shines All day long she shines and sits She sits and shines and shines and sits.... etc etc Wonderfull! This on had me in stitches ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upcountry Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I am not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate. I am only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's running late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 The Leith police dismisseth us - the hardest I know! The sixth sheik's sixth sheep is sick Can anyone remember the one with "yai and hoi"? (Grannie someone sells shellfish) Try saying the "lonley sleepy turkey", in Thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game4shame Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. I've always wanted to get a thai to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. I've always wanted to get a thai to do that. It's fy - like 'shrimp crisps' or 'squirrel peanuts' careful with 'peanuts'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game4shame Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. I've always wanted to get a thai to do that. It's fy - like 'shrimp crisps' or 'squirrel peanuts' careful with 'peanuts'. I've noticed the way some thai's say ''peanut''. I've had to double-take when asked if I wanted ''some penis'' before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgs Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Having TW read "Green eggs & ham" aloud wasn't much chop - 'fox in sox' was a scream (mostly her) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt273nva Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 The sixth sick shiek's sixth sheep's sick. (A variant on what the Guinness' Book of World records considers to be the hardest tongue-twister in English). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt273nva Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 This one is my favorite though. Betty Botter had some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter-- that would make my batter better." So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYaiEric Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 This one is my favorite though.Betty Botter had some butter, "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter butter, it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter-- that would make my batter better." So she bought a bit of butter, better than her bitter butter, and she baked it in her batter, and the batter was not bitter. So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter. Touche! very much like my 'Peter Piper' one, but longer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Have you ever asked a Thai friend of yours to recite the following sentences?'Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled Peppers, how many Pickled Peppers did Peter Piper Pick?' I've asked my my Thai wife of 20 years on many occasions to try to to recite the above tongue-twister, and for the life of her she stumbles after only a few words ! She, in turn, provides me with a smilar Thai tongue-twister challenge, the English translation of which is 'Who sells chicken eggs' but in Thai it sounds like 'Khai Khaai Khai Gai..' Naturally, she falls over laughing at my feable attempts to get the right tone !! I'm sure there are many other examples of tongue-twisters out there (English as well as Thai). Anyone out there with similar ancedotes? (Purely a light-hearted thread, this one ) YangYai. dont know about the thais but i struggle with those tongue twisters ,and im from the uk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Have you ever asked a Thai friend of yours to recite the following sentences?'Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peg of Pickled Peppers, how many Pickled Peppers did Peter Piper Pick?' I've asked my my Thai wife of 20 years on many occasions to try to to recite the above tongue-twister, and for the life of her she stumbles after only a few words ! She, in turn, provides me with a smilar Thai tongue-twister challenge, the English translation of which is 'Who sells chicken eggs' but in Thai it sounds like 'Khai Khaai Khai Gai..' Naturally, she falls over laughing at my feable attempts to get the right tone !! I'm sure there are many other examples of tongue-twisters out there (English as well as Thai). Anyone out there with similar ancedotes? (Purely a light-hearted thread, this one ) YangYai. dont know about the thais but i struggle with those tongue twisters ,and im from the uk . say sophie tucker over and over as fast as you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raybkk Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Ask your wife to repeat the words 'red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry' over and over getting faster as she goes. Funny, just asked my staff: They had no problems. Now I found the clue! They pronounce R as L. Now I tried that and all of a sudden its not hard at all Led Lorry, Yellow Lorry... Its the "R" that rolls.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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