NYRangers92 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/12/05/mit-tongue-twister-trickiest-to-say/ The old saying “Sally sold seashells by the seashore” has nothing on a tongue twister created by researchers at MIT. The verbal puzzle, “pad kid poured curd pulled cod,” tripped up test subjects who tried to spit out so much, that psychologists believe it could be the toughest one there is to date. “If anyone can say this [phrase] ten times quickly, they get a prize,” said Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, a psychologist from MIT who specializes in speech errors as a way of understanding normal brain functions, and one of the creators of the mouth-boggling phrase. Got like 2.5 times on normal-ish speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saucy Mitts Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The twister is: pad kid poured curd pulled cod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Yeah, not even at half speed. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Unique New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That's cheating, the words have absolutely no flow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 tough one. anyone read the article? I'm guessing they could only use one and two syllable words. Because you could come up with some good tongue twisters using long words. tremendous miscellaneous otolaryngology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 It has to be things people know how to pronounce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 The longest Dutch word actually in the dictionary is "meervoudigepersoonlijkheidsstoornis" (multiple persona disorder) and the longest correct Dutch word is "kindercarnavalsoptochtvoorbereidingswerkzaamhedencomit?leden" [note: the blank is filled in by the board software, it's one word] (members of the committee for preparational works of a children's Mardi Gras parade). Both are a result of the fact that many Germanic languages string words together, instead of leaving in the blanks. It's "sports car" and "car racing" in English, but "sportwagen" and "autoracen" in Dutch. It makes Dutch a language full of tongue twisters and puzzling words for people learning the language, because it's difficult to immediately figure out where to split the words to find their meaning, if you aren't completely familiar with the words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuhgeddaboudit Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That is pretty tough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDougalfaschnitzer Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I was actually able to do it without interruption at normal speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletch Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Those Dutch words are awesome, Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYR2711 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Shouldnt a tongue twister be a sentence that is an actual sentence that makes sense? This is just words thrown together. For MIT students, this sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aasjs Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My favorite tongue twister is "Irish Wristwatch" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High and Wide Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 My favorite tongue twister is "Irish Wristwatch" Winner. Can't say it once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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