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sarra commented on the word yksikseskös itkeskelet, itsekseskös yskiskelet
Yksikseskös itkeskelet, itsekseskös yskiskelet?
Are you crying all alone, are you coughing by yourself?
(Apparently this is a question to the drunk. Think tired and emotional.)
December 16, 2008
reesetee commented on the word yksikseskös itkeskelet, itsekseskös yskiskelet
Wow. *marveling at the consonant forest above*
December 16, 2008
sarra commented on the word yksikseskös itkeskelet, itsekseskös yskiskelet
Heh, it is when viewed large on Wordie like that! The sounds are straightforward, it seems to me, but it's getting all the syllables in the right order…
A good few Finnish tongue-twisters seem to play on the fact that orthographically similar or identical words can have different grammatical meanings, like Latin's malo malo malo malo.
e.g.: Vihdoin vihdoin vihdoin, Jos lakkaa satamasta, haen lakkaa satamasta, Kas vain! sanoi kasvain ja kasvoi vain, Etsivät etsivät etsivät etsivät etsivät (that one's not so surprising, like Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach — and less a tongue-twister than a brain-bender)
December 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word yksikseskös itkeskelet, itsekseskös yskiskelet
Sarra... *reaches way back into vague memory* ... Do you know of a Finnish tongue-twister involving the sounds "koko" with variations in emphasis? Someone tried to teach this to me what seems like 100 years ago. She just kept saying "KOko koKO, koKOkoKO..." No idea how to spell it.
Was I dreaming?
December 16, 2008