General Information about Item:

• Tongue Twister
• Language: Spanish
• Country of Origin: Colombia
• Informant: Juanita Morales
• Date Collected: 10-4-18

Informant Data:

• The informant is Juanita Morales. She was born April 22, 1999 in Laseigha, Colombia. She came to the United States when she was nine and is now an American citizen. She is currently a sophomore at Dartmouth College. She is a Spanish native speaker and speaks with her family in Spanish. Most of her family still resides in Colombia and she retains a close connection with the culture.

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: This is an extremely common Spanish language tongue twister. There is no specific group that this is said by, but it is extremely common and known by many people. It is found in numerous Latin American countries, including Colombia and Mexico. “Pancha” is not a common name in Latin America and is most likely only used due to the way it sounds for the tongue twister.

Item:

• Original Spanish: Pancha plancha con cuatro planchas. ¿Con cuantas planchas Pancha plancha?
• Translation: Pancha irons with four irons. With how many irons (does) Pancha iron (with)?

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Tongue Twister

Full Interview:

Informant’s Comments:

• Some words are left out that are used in English to make it make sense as they are not necessary in Spanish, such as “does” and “with”.

Collector’s Comments:

• The other interviewee (Yasmin Ochoa) commented later that this is her favorite tongue twister.

Collector’s Name: Caroline Atwood

Tags/Keywords:

• Tongue Twister
• Spanish
• Colombia

General Information about Item:

• Tongue Twister
• Language: Spanish
• Country of Origin: Colombia
• Informant: Juanita Morales
• Date Collected: 10-4-18

Informant Data:

• The informant is Juanita Morales. She was born April 22, 1999 in Laseigha, Colombia. She came to the United States when she was nine and is now an American citizen. She is currently a sophomore at Dartmouth College. She is a Spanish native speaker and speaks with her family in Spanish. Most of her family still resides in Colombia and she retains a close connection with the culture.

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: This is an extremely common Spanish language tongue twister. There is no specific group that this is said by, but it is extremely common to hear young children on playgrounds challenging each other to say it to show off to their friends and classmates. It is found in numerous Latin American countries, including Colombia and Mexico.

Item:

• Original Spanish: En tres tristes trastos de trigo, tres tristes tigres comían trigo. Comían trigo, tres tristes tigres, en tres tristes trastos de trigo.
• Translation: In three sad plates of wheat, three sad tigers ate wheat, (they) ate wheat, three sad tigers, in three sad plates of wheat.

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Tongue Twister

Full Interview:

Informant’s Comments:

• The very similar words make it difficult and enjoyable to say.

Collector’s Comments:

• Both of my interviewees knew this tongue twister by heart and they enjoyed saying it faster and faster together after the first interview.

Collector’s Name: Caroline Atwood

Tags/Keywords:

• Tongue Twister
• Spanish
• Colombia

General Information about Item:

• Tongue Twister
• Language: Spanish
• Country of Origin: Mexico
• Informant: Yasmin Ochoa
• Date Collected: 10-18-18

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: This is a common Spanish language tongue twister. Considered an extremely challenging tongue twister that is focuses on the main word Parangaricutirimícuaro and is expanded to a full tongue twister, which makes it even more difficult. Not many people learn the whole tongue twister, but it would be expected that almost every Spanish speaker would know the word. It is a difficult word for non-Spanish speakers to say. Parangaricutirimícuaro is the name of a town in Mexico, but people learn how to say it all over. It is something that as a Spanish speaking child you learn to do, like you would learn the alphabet or count. As a child you must learn how to say it or other children will make fun of you for not being able to say it. It is considered fun to say and it is expected that a native Spanish speaker knows how to say it. The words in the tongue twister that rhyme with Parangaricutirimícuaro are all made up words and have no real meaning, however, one can tell from their endings the first two are treated as verbs and the last as a noun.

Item:

• Original Spanish: El volcán de Parangaricutirimícuaro se quiere desparangaricutirimicuarizar y quien lo desparangaricutirimicuarise será un gran desparangaricutirimicuarizador.
• Translation: The volcano in Parangaricutirimícuaro wants to desparangaricutirimicuarizar and who desparangaricutirimicuarise will be a great desparangaricutirimicuarizador.

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Tongue Twister

Full Interview:

Informant’s Comments:

• The word was taught to her very young by her father and the entire tongue twister was taught to her in school.

Collector’s Comments:

• The informant  attempted to teach me this tongue twister for 25 minutes but eventually we gave it. The word is extremely long and difficult to say, especially quickly. For the sake of the recording I allowed her to say it slow because attempting to say it quickly she was unable to say it.

Collector’s Name: Caroline Atwood

Tags/Keywords:

• Tongue Twister
• Spanish
• Mexico

General Information about Item:

• Tongue Twister
• Language: Spanish
• Country of Origin: Mexico
• Informant: Yasmin Ochoa
• Date Collected: 10-18-18

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: This is a common Spanish language tongue twister. There is no specific group that this is said by, but it is extremely common to hear young children on playgrounds challenging each other to say it to show off to their friends and classmates. It is more popular in Mexico than in other Latin American countries. The longer length makes it more difficult to learn.

Item:

• Original Spanish: Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico, con un pico pica papas Pepe Pecas. Si Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico, ¿Dónde está el pico con pepe pecas pica papas
• Translation: Pepe Pecas chops potatoes with a pick, with a pick chops potatoes Pepe Pecas. If Pepe Pecas chops potatoes with a pick, where is the pick with which Pepe Pecas chops potatoes?

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Tongue Twister

Full Interview:

Informant’s Comments:

• Pepe Pecas is the name of a person, but it is not a very common name.

Collector’s Comments:

• I had heard this one before the informant told me about it from taking Spanish classes. You are supposed to say it extremely fast while having perfect pronunciation. It is found in other places than Mexico.

Collector’s Name: Caroline Atwood

Tags/Keywords:

• Tongue Twister
• Spanish
• Mexico

General Information about Item:

• Tongue Twister
• Language: Spanish
• Country of Origin: Mexico
• Informant: Yasmin Ochoa
• Date Collected: 10-18-18

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

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

Tongue Twister:

Full Interview:

Informant’s Comments:

• This is mostly said by children all over Latin America, not only in Mexico.

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

Tags/Keywords:

• Tongue Twister
• Spanish
• Mexico