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- noun Plural form of
tongue-twister .
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Examples
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Just by hitting the refresh button repeatedly, I harvested (amongst a few clearly unuseable tongue-twisters) the following list of what looks to me a lot like name seeds for fantasy characters: phathea, miculap, porev, potlycos, sches, speres, cysedi, incia.
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Phrases of the chant weave in and out of tongue-twisters, song lyrics and off-the-cuff rhymes, building to a hyperkinetic finish.
Kate Quarfordt: When Kids Own Education Kate Quarfordt 2010
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Aka is full of wicked tongue-twisters and abounds in what linguists call "consonant clusters": sequences of sounds that are unutterable for English speakers, such as "tkshing" for ginger.
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Phrases of the chant weave in and out of tongue-twisters, song lyrics and off-the-cuff rhymes, building to a hyperkinetic finish.
Kate Quarfordt: When Kids Own Education Kate Quarfordt 2010
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The performance of Christine Baranski's rendition of the "Yma Dream" monologue was especially memorable with its classic tongue-twisters involving the fast-paced introductions of Ida Lupino, Abba Eban, Ava Gardner and Yma Sumac, among others.
Galactica performance perfectly in sync in Fringe Festival's 'Irrelevant Acts' 2010
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Happily, many cleaning and cosmetic brands steer clear of these and other toxic tongue-twisters.
Mindy Pennybacker: Don't let BP sink us: Eight easy ways consumers can spare our seas 2010
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When I talked to her, she warned me about the perils of potential tongue-twisters like Sacha Sachs.
What's In A Name? 2010
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Phrases of the chant weave in and out of tongue-twisters, song lyrics and off-the-cuff rhymes, building to a hyperkinetic finish.
Kate Quarfordt: When Kids Own Education Kate Quarfordt 2010
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The umpire tackles it as though it's the most fiendish of tongue-twisters.
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Happily, many cleaning and cosmetic brands steer clear of these and other toxic tongue-twisters.
Mindy Pennybacker: Don't let BP sink us: Eight easy ways consumers can spare our seas 2010
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