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English tongue twister

Black Bugs

Black bugs’ blood.

Notice the sounds

/b//l//ɡ/

Keep /bl/ together in black and blood. The /ɡz/ ending of bugs must lead into the next /b/ without an added vowel.

Words in this expression

Source

Delight and Power in Speech, Leonard G. Nattkemper and George Wharton James (1919), articulation exercises

Public domain in the United States; the pinned source includes the Project Gutenberg license.

Pronunciation notes and explanations are editorial.

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