Strč prst skrz krk
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Strč prst skrz krk (
listen (help·info)) is a Czech and Slovak tongue-twister meaning "stick your finger through your throat".
The sentence is well known for having a total absence of vowels, the nucleus of each syllable being a syllabic r, a common feature amongst many Slavic languages. It is often used as an example of such a phrase when learning Czech or Slovak as a foreign language. Sometimes in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the phrase is used to judge whether or not a particular person is drunk.[citation needed]
The phrase is also the subtitle of the Swiss newspaper La Distinction. [1]
There is an even longer phrase with no vowels in Czech language: Prd krt skrz drn, zprv zhlt hrst zrn ("A mole farted through a piece of turf, first having swallowed a handful of grains"), though it relies on irregular and obsolete forms, whereas Strč prst skrz krk does not.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (French) "Le virelangue - jazykolam : strč prst skrz krk" - Radio Prague article about the phrase
