Tongue Twisters and Riddles, with Ginette Mohr and Bearkin

Join in the fun as we play with these tongue twisters!

She sells seashells by the seashore.

Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter’s bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter! But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better. So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better. So t’was better Betty Botter bought some better butter!

How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.

Did you see the green worm going towards the green glass? As-tu vu le vert ver allant vers le verre en verre vert?

All I want is a proper cup of coffee, Made in a proper copper coffee pot. I may be off my dot, but I want a cup of coffee in a proper copper pot! Iron coffee pots, and tin coffee pots - they are no use to me. If I can't have a proper cup of coffee in a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea!

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Les mots sont délicieux! Words are delicious. French/English from today's story:

Salut: hi

Ma bouche: my mouth

C'était amusant: that was fun

On y va: here we go

C'est très difficile: it's very hard

Vous êtes prêt? You're ready?

As-tu vu le vert ver allant vers le verre en verre vert? Did you see the green worm going towards the green glass?

Merci: thank you

Je ne sais pas: I don't know

La tortue: the tortoise

Le lièvre: the hare

Courir: to run

Vite: fast

Au revoir: goodbye

A bientôt: see you soon

Chocolat chaud: hot chocolate

Merci beaucoup! This Audio Snack was performed by Professor Pineapple, Bearkin, Ginette Mohr, and Stephen LaFrenie. Episode illustration by Professor Pineapple. Mixed by Tim Freeman. Creative and production support by Ginette Mohr. Music composed and performed by Tim Freeman and Red Velvet Revolution. 'Teddy's Parade' was composed and performed by Jason Michael Hogan.

See you soon! A bientôt!

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