Tongue twisterTrickyNorwegian

Ibsens ripsbusker og andre buskvekster.

Meaning: An 'sb / sk / busk' cluster trap that jams the tongue between the bushes.

Literally: Ibsen's redcurrant bushes and other shrubs.

Origin: Norway's best-known tongue twister.

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