Italian
Sopra la panca la capra campa.
Sotto la panca la capra crepa.
German
Fischers Fritz fischt frische Fische.
Frische Fische fischt Fischers Fritz.
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Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid.
French
Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ou archi-sèches?
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Un chasseur sachant chasser doit savoir chasser
sans son chien.
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La roue sur la rue roule; la rue sous la
roue reste.
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Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?
English
Theophilus Thistle the successful thistle-sifter. [This one really separates the men from the boys when it comes to non-native English speakers!]
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Betty Botter had some butter,
But she said, "This butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--
that would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she put it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.
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Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
how many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
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A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
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How much would could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
she shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
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A tutor who tooted the flute
tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor, is it better to toot
or to tutor two tooters to toot?
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