Question of the Day #396

"Tongue-twister or not, your name is an entitlement"
From the headline of this article at the Indian News Link.

上記の文で、tongue twister の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "tongue twister" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


早口言葉

なお、「早口言葉」の場合ももちろんありますが、英語圏の人にとって発音しにくい日本人等の氏名等も含まれます。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a word, phrase, or sentence difficult to articulate because of a succession of similar consonantal sounds (as in "twin-screw steel cruiser")

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

発音しにくい文章という意味は、1875年より。いわゆる「早口言葉」という意味は1892年より。前者の初めての具体例としてMiss Smith's fish-sauce shopが挙げられている。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

1875, in reference to an awkward sentence, 1892 of a deliberately difficult-to-say phrase, from tongue(n.) + agent noun from twist (v.). The first one called by the name is "Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop."

Examples

• Her last name is a real tongue twister.
• Worcester can be a tongue twister for the thousands of college students flooding into local schools each year. — Jon Kamp, WSJ, "Worcester Is Reviving, but People Still Can’t Spell It (Forget the Pronunciation)," 19 Dec. 2018
• The contestants in the announcers’ booth were issued a lineup of tongue twisters, including Felipe Alou, Mike LaValliere, Andres Galarraga, Shawon Dunston, and Benito Santiago. — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, "Giants fan Davis scores job as P.A. announcer, 1993," 7 Mar. 2018
• "She sells seashells on the seashore" is a well-known tongue-twister.