Strč prst skrz krk

STRC PRST skrz krk ( [ str̩tʃ PRST skr̩s KRK ] dt, plug the finger through the neck ') with strong rolled syllabic r is a Czech and Slovak 15 letters long tongue twister.

In the Language for non-native speakers of this set is often used to practice the pronunciation of Slavic words without vowels written in these languages. Depending on the mother tongue, this seemingly vowelless words are initially difficult to pronounce. In the Czech vowelless words are more common, as the sonant / r / and / l / can be syllabic, so they can take the syllable peak position. Therefore, this rate is often used as an example of a " sentence without vowels ".

In German vowels can not like / n / and / l /, although also be syllabic, but their syllables have no edge, eg / es.n̩ / eat / ap͡f.l̩ / apple, and only in dialectal words such Dirndl they are written orthographically without preceding vowel letters.

The phrase also serves as the motto of the Swiss cultural criticism magazine La Distinction.

Other similar phrases without written vowels

This phrase is often mistaken for the longest Czech sentence without vowels. But long are other, much longer known:

  • Smrž pln skvrn zvlhl z mlh. , The Morel full of spots is moist from the mists. ' (21 letters)
  • Chrt pln skvrn vtrhl skrz trs chrp v čtvrť Krc. , The Greyhound is full of stains invaded by a bunch of cornflowers in the quarter Krc. ' ( 35 or 37 characters)
  • Chrt pln skvrn zhltl hrst zrn. , The Greyhound full of stains has consumed a handful of grain. ' ( 23 or 24 characters )
  • Plch zdrhl skrz drn, prv zhltl hrst zrn. , The dormouse is cut off by the clods, and before that he has swallowed a handful of grain. ' (30 or 31 characters)
  • Chrt zdrhl z Brd Vtrhl skrz strž v tvrz srn, v čtvrť Krc. Blb! Prskl, zvrhl smrk, strhl drn, mrskl drn v trs chrp. Zhltl čtvrthrst zrn skrz krk, pln zrn vsrkl hlt z vln. Chrt BRKL, mrkl, zmlkl. Zvlhls? (140 letters)

More Czech " tongue twister " with vowels

It is also known tongue twisters, which deals with the Czech " ř ": Trista třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček přeletělo přes Trista třicet tři stříbrných střech. , 333 silver fire engines spraying over 333 silver roofs '

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