Tongue twister

Japanese: tongue twister（英語表記）tonguetwister

...〈Namamugi, namagome, namagome〉, 〈The monk painted a picture of another monk on the folding screen〉, etc. In English, it is called a tongue twister, and an example would be 〈Peter Pipier picked a peck of pickled pepper〉 in Mother Goose. It is also said that saying a tongue twister three times in one breath will stop the hiccups, and here too we can sense the remnants of magic.

From [Tongue Twisters (Tongue Twisters)]

...The most popular examples are "red wrapping paper, yellow wrapping paper," "raw wheat, raw rice, raw egg," "the customer next door is a customer who often eats persimmons," and "frog pyoko pyoko three pyoko pyoko awase pyoko pyoko six pyoko pyoko." It can be seen that many of them take advantage of the difficulty of pronunciation due to the repetition or overlap of m, g, k, and p sounds. They are found not only in Japan but also in other countries, such as the English tongue twister and jawbreaker. Mother Goose has the following spell-like phrase, "Shall she sell seashells on the seashore?", and if you recite it three times, it will stop the hiccups. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tongue twister" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈生麦生米生卵〉〈坊主が屛風に上手に坊主の絵をかいた〉など。英語ではタン･トウィスターtongue twisterといい，〈マザーグース〉での〈Peter Pipier picked a peck of pickled pepper……〉などがその例。早口言葉を一息に3回言えばしゃっくりが止まるともいい，ここにも呪術的ななごりが感じられる。…

【早口ことば(早口言葉)】より

…〈赤巻紙黄巻紙〉〈生麦生米生卵〉〈隣の客はよく柿食う客〉〈蛙ぴょこぴょこ三ぴょこぴょこあわせてぴょこぴょこ六ぴょこぴょこ〉などが最もポピュラーな例で，m音，g音，k音，p音などの繰返し，ないしはそれらの重複による発音の困難さを利用したものが多いことがわかる。日本に限らず外国にもあり，英語のtongue twister,jawbreakerがそれにあたる。マザーグースには〈Shall she sell seashells on the seashore？〉ほか，3回唱えるとしゃっくりがとまるという次のような呪文めいたものがある。…

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