Danish Tongue-Twisters

• NEW! Tyve trinde trolde trillede tyve tomme tønder gennem Tønder.
  Twenty stout trolls rolled twenty empty barrels through Tonder.
  (Tønder is a town in the South of Jutland. From Elisabeth McOwan)

• Freddy Fix fra Faxe fangede i faelder femten flotte friske fiskefrikadeller.
  Freddy Fix from Faxe caught in his traps fifteen great fresh fiskfrikadeller. (From Henriette DuBord)

• Rødgrød med fløde.
  Red pudding made from stewed berries, served cold with cream.

• Bispens gipsbisps gipsgebis gisper.
  The dentures of the bishop's plaster bishop (statuette) clatter.

• Postbudet prikker på pakkerne på posthuset.
  The postman is poking the packages at the postoffice.

• Tante Tove tog toget til Thisted torv torsdag.
  Aunt Tove took the train to Thisted market Thursday.

• Find Finnen Finn før Finn finder Finnen, finder Finn Finnen, finder Finnen Finn.
  Find Finnish Finn before Finn finds the Fin, if Finn finds the Fin, the Fin finds Finn.

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