English tongue twister

The Fish-Sauce Shop

She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith’s fish-sauce shop in the Strand welcoming him in.

Notice the sounds

Separate the /s/ in sauce from the /ʃ/ in fish and shop. In Smith’s, move from /θ/ into the final /s/ before beginning fish.

Words in this expression

Source

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

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Pronunciation notes and explanations are editorial.