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Tongue Twister Verse
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Botta bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit o' better butter will but make my batter better." So she bought a bit o' butter, better than the bitter butter, made her bitter batter better. So 'twas better Betty Botta bought a bit o' better butter.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Something similar (but shorter) already typed as prose.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; COOKING ; Dearborn Heights ; GAME ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Redford ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Onse smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they both felt smart. Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
Data entry tech comment:
Say three times fast.
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Pointless? - Not much of a tongue twister?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FLATULENCE ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit. upon the slitted sheet I sit.
Submitter comment:
From Childhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Already typed as prose
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, I slept upon a slitted sheet.
Submitter comment:
AS told in Holden Hall (dorm room at UofD)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, A sheet I slit, Upon a slitted sheet I sit.
Submitter comment:
This one was told to me by my mom many years ago.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
A Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, a well be slitted sheet was it. [sic]
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S260] crossed out / replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a seat, a seat I slit, upon the slitted seat I sit.
Data entry tech comment:
Added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
How many sheets can a sheet slitter slit if he slits six sheets every time he sits?
Data entry tech comment:
added by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language:
Canner's Tongue Twister:
A canner exceedingly canny / Once remarked to his granny; / A canner can can whatever he can / but a canner can't can a can can he?
Data entry tech comment:
Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Written next to entry: Sense?
Original BN [C890.570] crossed out / replaced with current classification
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Sister Susie sews shirts for seven soldiers.
Submitter comment:
She learned it from her girlfriends at school
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Similar one already typed as Prose
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue-Twister:
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Misquoted from "My Fair Lady?" : The rain in Spain STAYS mainly IN the plains?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Language ; Rain ; TONGUE TWISTER ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
The big black bug
Bit the big black bear
In his big black back.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Something similar (but shorter) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Bear ; Black ; Bug ; COLOR ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
A big black bug bled blue blood.
Submitter comment:
My Neighborhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Tongue Twister? This much (A big black bug) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME ;
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Blue ; Bug ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Entry filtered.
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Botter bought some butter. But, she said, the butters bitter: 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 she bought a bit of butter and put it in her batter and it made her batter worse.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Batter bought a bit of bitter batter.
Submitter comment:
She learned it from girlfriends at school.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Of all the saw I ever saw saw, I never saw a saw saw like that saw saws.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Something similar in Prose already typed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Toast
Na zdrowia (Polish Toast)
Translated = "To your health"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word [Toast] is written across the top of the card. Also written on the bottom, right hand corner of the card: [Your name and address go here on ALL cards.]
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; GOOD FORTUNE ; HEALTH ; POLISH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |