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English tongue twister

Lucy Likes Light Literature

Lucy likes light literature.

Notice the sounds

/l/

Touch the tongue tip near the ridge behind the upper teeth for each initial /l/. Keep the /t/ at the end of light connected to the next word.

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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