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Cameraperson: Abhishek Ranjan
Video Editor: Rahul Sanpui
Video Producer: Chandni Sharma
(This piece was first published on 11 August 2018 and is being republished in light of recent calls for ‘One Nation, One Language’.)
Kacha papad, pakka papad... is the most famous tongue twister. We heard in our childhood. However, the Quintees introduce you to thoda hatke tongue twisters in their own bhasha.
This not-so-simple tongue twister in Bangla means, “bird eats a ripe papaya”.
This one means, “fresh chuna in water and fresh hair in oil”.
Just like Chandu ke chacha... and Kacha papad, pakka papad... here is another shudh tongue twister, which when translated means, “yellow papaya in a brass vessel”.
Now, that’s simple!
This is one sweet and awe-dorable tongue twister.
No, friends, this has nothing to do with khakhras or theplas. It simply means, uncle gave raw mangoes to aunty and asked her to make kachumber (salad).
Wow! This has to be an epic sentence in Punjabi because it has nothing to do with Kukkad (chicken) or Patiala peg or Diljit Dosanjh! This tongue twister means Devender’s grandmother has pain in her two teeth.
We bet, you can’t even say this tongue twister along. This one means, “an old lady slipped off a banana peel”.
Ouch!
The last but not the least. This Odia tongue twister means, “a family man accumulates wealth, and in the process, faces hundreds of problem as well”.
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