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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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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.
James Callow Keyword(s): tongue-twister
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
Language: Tongue Twister
Sally Sawl, sitting on her slippery sled, saw a seesaw in some scratchy sand Saturday standing by a stop sign.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; tongue-twister ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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.
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James Callow comment:
Not a good tongue-twister after being translated into English.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Belgium ; ETHNIC ; Language ; tongue-twister
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |