Norwegian Tongue Twisters
Tungeknekkjarar / Tungeknekkere

Rough Translations

1. You're not supposed to call Kalle for Kalle, even though Kalle's mother calls Kalle for Kalle, aren't you supposed to call Kalle for Kalle, because Kalle's real name is Karl 
2. A half calf was floating in the river on a log. 
3. Russian currant bushes and other russian currant bush vegetation. 
4. Eight cups of un-popped popcorn. 
5. A dog swam across Tromsø bay with a wool blanket in its mouth 
6. Had I had the hat I had had, I would have had a hat too! 
7. Five flat fishes on a flat plate. 
8. The bell in Ringerike doesn't ring. So Ringerike had to move to Romerike (another place). But there wasn't enough room in Rommerike for Ringerike, and that's why Ringerike had to stay where it was. 
9. Half a calf lay floating in the river. 
10. Are you playing with dolls, are you? 
11. To chew the legs (knee) of a cow. 
12. An adult boxer is washing trousers. 
13. Four fine white fishes on a fine white fish plate/tray. 
14. Walking by the river in wellingtons and chewing gum. 
15. Father do sheep have sheep? No sheep don't have sheep sheep have lambs. 
16. The best baker of town, baker Bjørn Brun (literally : Bear Brown), will only be baking burnt brown buns filled with vanilla custard. 
17. Hardanger: Area of the west coast of Norway Sunnhordland: Neighboring area to Hardanger Dampskipsselskap: Steamship-company. HSD (for short) is a transportation company, visit their homepage here: www.hsd.no 
18. Finn The Fisher fished fresh fish last friday. 
19. It doesn't ring at Ringeriket, so Ringeriket is moved to Romeriket, but Romeriket is not big enough for Ringeriket, so Ringeriket has to stay where it is! 
20. That was close, said the priest, when the priest's horse stepped on the sock of the priest. 
21. Æ = I [Jeg], E = am [er], A = out [ute], Å = for [for å], Edø = dinner [spise]. I'm off for dinner. 
22. Rubarb leaf 
23. Once upon a time, there was a zebra who couldn't see well. Then he went to a zebra who could see well. Then the zebra who could see well, taught the zebra who couldn't see well, to see well. 
24. Salmoniformes, Gadiformes (names of the orders of fish to which the salmon and cod belong) see Fiskeliste 
25. The hundred year anniversary of the inner mission company of Langesundsfjord 
26. Fried codfish, boiled codfish. 
27. Roof paper, wallpaper, cardboard and paper. 
28. male dog in collar 
29. The school inspector asks, "which class are you in?" the answer is "I am in A" (Æ e i A) then he asks another boy "what class are you in then" he answers "I am in A I too" (Æ e i A æ å). 
30. A bold dwarf birchtree. 
31. Daddy piles up cardboard boxes. 
32. Ibsen's currant bushes and other shrubby plants. 
33. What kind of weather is this here weather, (it) gets worse and worse this weather here, (yo). 
34. A half-dead elk calf was floating in the Auli river. 
35. Italian's (females) factory of pipecleaner-machines. 
36. The King's daughter has red curly hair. 
37. A Constantinopolean violin box maker's friend  
38. The former "trainee-mistress" inspired the current "trainee-mistress 
39. Finn The Fhisher fished fresh fish last friday. 
40. You can't just come here and just carry carrying bags! 
41. A half dead calf was floating in the river. 
42. (?) 
43. Lille(little) snille(nice) Pernille(a name) griller(barbecues) piller(pills(medisines)) på(on) Nilles(a name) grill(grill), mens(while) lille(little) Ville(a name) triller(are rolling) Pernilles(a name) ville(wild) krokodille(crokodile) som(who) spiller(plays) trekkspill(the harmonica) 
44. Kristine buys meatballs from the Salesman in Kjellstad (place). 
45. Transportman Frans Fransen from Farsund (town in Norway), transports 15 fine ladies from Fredrikstad (town in Norway) past Ferder Fyr (famous lighthouse). The ladies preform terrible horrible farts for transportman Frans Fransen from Farsund. 
46. High court judge is working in an amusement park. 
47. New brushes brush better than old brushes brush. 
48. a machine in Constantinople ... 
49. A wild man with a dog in in his hand and a bucket full of water. 
50. church gable 
51. Walking unsteady over the field, going towards home, wearing nothing but socks on your feet and eat a salami.  
52. Those who says that they are stupid, they are stupid themself. 
 


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