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In reply to the discussion: Japanese tongue twisters.. [View all]

Bonobo

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1. Those are great! Let's see if I can add a few...
Sun Dec 30, 2012, 02:34 AM
Dec 2012

服作る夫婦 靴作る夫婦 古服売る夫婦 古靴売る夫婦
  (ふくつくるふうふくつつくるふうふふるふくうるふうふふるくつうるふうふ)
fuku tsukuru fuufu kutsu tsukuru fuufu furufuku uru fuufu furukutsu uru fuufu
(man and wife who make clothes, man and wife who make shoes, man and wife who sell old clothes, man and wife who sell old shoes)

ブス、バスガイド。バス、ガス爆発。
  (ブスバスガイドバスガスばくはつ)
busu basugaido basu bakuhatsu
(ugly bus guide, bus gas explosion)

AND... a GREAT one for us Kansa-ben speakers!

A:チャウチャウちゃうんちゃうん?
  B:ちゃう、ちゃう!
  ★標準語訳★
   A:(あれは)チャウチャウ犬じゃぁないんじゃない(ですか)?
   B:違う、違う!

IN KANSAI DIALECT;
A: chow chow chau chau?
B: Chau chau

ENGLISH
A: That's not a Chow-chow, is it?
B: No, it's not

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Japanese tongue twisters.. [View all] AsahinaKimi Dec 2012 OP
Those are great! Let's see if I can add a few... Bonobo Dec 2012 #1
Sugoi! AsahinaKimi Dec 2012 #2
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