今日の表現-tongue twister

第15回です。

今日は、ちょっと遊びも兼ねて、

いかに速く話せるか？

がテーマで、『tongue twister』です。

ダンスでツイストってありますよね。

"twist"は”(紐を)ねじる、ひねる”です。

"tongue twister;早口言葉"です。

日本でも有名なのは

『Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?』

 ネイティブでも大変ですね。

個人的には『two witches』のが好きですね。

発音練習にもなるので、楽しく練習したいですね。

1.Sally sold a seashells by the sheashore.

2.Betty Botter bought some butter,  but she said the butter's bitter.

(-続きもあります-If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
So ‘twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter)

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

(He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.)

4.Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.

5.If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

Nursery Rhymes - Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers!

Top 5 Tongue Twisters in English!