"Tongue twister" nghĩa là gì?

"Tongue twister" = xoắn lưỡi -> nghĩa là từ hoặc chuỗi các từ khó phát âm, nhất là nói rất nhanh do điệp âm hoặc sự biến thể nhẹ của phụ âm như câu 'she sells seashells by the seashore'.

Ví dụ

Start the "tongue-twister" exercise by moving your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The tip of your tongue should rest behind your teeth.

Tongue twisters (or trabalenguas) are phrases that use repetitive sounds and are found in many languages. They can be very amusing for children and adults alike. But did you know that tongue twisters can also help.

First becoming hugely popular in the 19th century, with the expression first recorded in 1895, tongue twisters are phrases that are incredibly difficult to say without making a mistake. Often they use rapid sequences of similar sounding words that are easy to get jumbled, with the classic example being ‘she sells sea shells on the seashore’. The use of alliteration (sự điệp âm) and rhyme can also be used to trip up the speaker, as can combination of compound words and their constituent parts, for instance in the traditional tongue twister ‘how much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?’. As well as being amusing they are often used by actors and singers before a performance to warm up their voices.

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