Lucubrations

\Lu`cu*bra"tion\, n. [l. lucubratio;cf. F. lucubration.] 1. The act of lucubrating, or studying by candlelight; nocturnal study; meditation. 2. That which is composed by night; that which is produced by meditation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition.


Wednesday, August 11, 2004

So, to break the monotony of monotonic monologues, here are some tongue twisters. However, tongue twisters themselves can be kinda boring once you've heard them all, so I decided to post some from other languages. Here are three from Spanish and then I'll put up a few Chinese ones later. I'd love to hear how Jaws handles these.

Supercalifragilisticoespiralidoso, aunque al oirlo hablar se te hace medio enredoso, si lo dices con humor sera mas fabuloso, supercalifragilisticoespiralidoso (From the Spanish version of Mary Poppins)

No me mires, que miranque nos miramos,y verĂ¡n en tus ojosque nos amamos.No nos miremos, que cuando no nos mirennos miraremos.
Don't look at me, for if they see that we are looking at each other, and they will see in your eyes that we love each other. Let's not look at each other, so that when they don't look at us we will look at each other.

Si la sierva que te sirve, no te sirve como sierva, de que sirve que te sirvas de una sierva que no sirve.
If the servant that serves you, doesn't serve as a servant, of what use is the service of a servant that doesn't serve.

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/es.htm#T16