Title: Sucesion Sucesiva

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Informant Data:

The informant is Yasmin Ochoa. She was born in Michoacán, Mexico. She came to the United States when she was a toddler. She is currently a sophomore at Dartmouth College. She is a Spanish native speaker and only speaks with her family in Spanish. A lot of her family still resides in Mexico and she returns there for a month every year. She still feels very connected to the culture and people due to her visits to see her family in Mexico.

Contextual Data:

Cultural Context: Tongue Twisters in Spanish speaking countries are used in a similar way and in similar places as other cultures. Tongue Twisters are most common with children who are taught them in order to learn difficult sounds and methods of speaking. These tongue twisters can be used as entertainment for children during playtime or be part of a tongue twister contest where students compete be able to speak it the fastest or the best at speaking it are some of the most popular uses. Spanish language has many difficult sounds and words with many consonants that have to be said rather fast.
Social Context: Growing up many Spanish-speaking children have difficulty pronouncing the s sound properly and this tongue twister provides a big challenge as they attempt to learn to say it. Mostly said by children on playgrounds as a challenge.

Item:

Original Spanish: La sucesión sucesiva de sucesos sucede sucesivamente con la sucesión del tiempo.
Translation: The successive succession of events happens successively with the succession of time

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Collector’s Comments:

This was one of the shorter tongue twisters and one of the more easy ones. The informant attempted to teach me all of the tongue twisters and I was able to do this one after a few tries.

Collector’s Name: Caroline Atwood

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Dartmouth Folklore Archive