Slovenian Tongue-Twisters

• Pešec pešaci čez peskasto peščišče.
  A walking man is walking trough a sandy sandyard.
  If spoken repetedly, the speaker gets lost in the flurry of "s", "sh", "ts" and "ch" sounds.

• Čmrljščina
  The bumble-bee language.

• Perica reže raci rep.
  A washing woman is cutting the duck's tail.

• Če čebula ne bi imela če bi bila bula.
  An onion (čebula) without the 'če' would be a bump (bula).

• Škof v škaf skoči.
  The bishop jumps into a tub.

• Iz Jež'ce čez cesto v Stož'ce po rož'ce.
  From Jež'ca across the road to Stož'ce to get some flowers.
  Jež'ca and Stož'ce are suburbs of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

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