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Apelle figlio di Apollo fece una palla di pelle di pollo e tutti i principi della città di Capua la palpeggiarono.

Meaning: A wall of 'p/ll/l/a' that seems to grow longer as you speak it faster.

Language: Italian

Literally: Apelles son of Apollo made a ball of chicken skin and all the princes of the city of Capua felt it.

Category: Tricky

Origin: Italy's most quoted classical twister, recited since the Renaissance.

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