The history of famous tongue-twisters.

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A tongue twister is a phrase, sentence or rhyme that presents difficulties when spoken because it contains similar sounds. To get the full effect of a tongue twister you should try to repeat it several times, as quickly as possible, without stumbling or mispronouncing . S o let's look at some of them… What is a tongue twister ?

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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 is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper pick? Peter Piper

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First of all, it's important to know a little history about the spice trade. You see, a long, long time ago, all spices were called "peppers." They were also incredibly expensive and the companies who ran the spice trade rubbed the seeds with lime before selling them so they couldn't germinate if planted. The practice was called "pickling." As for Peter Piper, he was actually a French pirate. Peter was known for raiding spice stores so he could grow them in his garden in Seychelles and hopefully make spices more accessible for the average European. The Rhyme comes from the fact t hat there were at least a few occasions where Peter Piper picked p ickled peppers t hat would not grow in his garden. Some facts from the history…

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She sells seashells on the seashore. The shells she sells are seashells , I'm sure. She Sells Seashells

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The tongue twister ”she sells seashells on the seashore” was inspired by a woman named Mary Anning , who spent her time gathering seashells from beaches to sell to tourists. Her father taught her how to identify seashells and she developed a deep love for digging into the cliffs, searching for the seaside treasures. In 1811, her brother found a skull in a seaside cliff, and ran to tell her. Fascinated, Marry Anning dug until she uncovered the skeleton of an animal she believed to be a giant crocodile. It was not a crocodile, but a dinosaur. Proud of her revolutionary discovery, Mary went on to hunt for more fossils. L ater Mary Anning became the founder of Modern Paleontology.

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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

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"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" was about Queen Mary and her crazed murdering of hundreds of English Protestants. The story says that "how does your garden grow" refers to the growing size of graveyards, that "silver bells and cockleshells“ mean the torture devices she used before the executions and that "pretty maids all in a row" means people being killed in a line. Of course, people say it's about Mary, Queen of Scots. корона

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Tongue twisters in cartoons…

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