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Rustling sounds

There are lots of tongue twisters in Polish, which are difficult to say even for the Poles. Every foreigner in my country can expect being asked to say W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie (v shcheh-bzheh-shee-nyeh hzhonshch bzhmee v tzhtsee-nyeh), meaning 'In the town of Szczebrzeszyn a beetle buzzes in the reed'. Polish is known for it's rustling sounds. By the way, 'rustling' is szeleszczący (sheh-leh-shchon-tse) ...

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