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I'm a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I'm the best sheet slitter
that ever slit a sheet.

Submitter comment: This is a particular favorite of children since the
mispronounced words result in much laughter.

Where learned: OHIO ; TORONTO

James Callow Keyword(s): tongue-twister

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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Language: Tongue Twister

Sally Sawl, sitting on her slippery sled, saw a seesaw in some scratchy sand Saturday standing by a stop sign.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Alondt, Jeffrey

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; tongue-twister ; VERSE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language: Tongue Twister

Wij willen Willem weg wouw Willem Wijzer worden wij willen Willem weer.

Submitter comment:

English translation: We want to do away with William, but if William wises up, we want William back again.

My father learned it when he was young and living in Belgium.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Not a good tongue-twister after being translated into English.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Van Hout, Louis J

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Belgium ; ETHNIC ; Language ; tongue-twister

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language: Tongue Twister

Tongue Twister:

She slid a sheet, a sheet she slid.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Meaning??

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Miller, Dolores

Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; tongue-twister ; VERSE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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