May 16, 2007

CHICKEN CHICKEN.

Chicken chicken chicken chicken, chicken chicken (chicken chicken chicken); chicken chicken chicken chicken: chicken! (Chicken chicken.)

Posted by languagehat at May 16, 2007 08:54 AM
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Chicken chicken chicken "chicken," "chicken" chicken "chicken." Chicken chicken chicken "chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken" [Chicken Chicken, 1893]. Chicken chicken chicken chicken. Chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken; chicken chicken chicken, chicken chicken chicken chicken, chicken chicken chicken, chicken: chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken, chicken—chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken petunia.

Posted by: Kári Tulinius at May 16, 2007 10:15 AM

Duck?

Posted by: Cliff Crawford at May 16, 2007 10:39 AM

> Chicken chicken chicken "chicken," "chicken" chicken "chicken."

Chicken! Chicken chicken chicken CHICKEN! Chicken Chicken Chicken! Chicken chiken chicken chicken, Chicken Chicken Chicken Chicken 9.36.28:

Gallus, Galle, gallum gallum gallus gallo gallus, gallus gallus gallos gallus gallus—gallus gallus—gallus.
Chicken: chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken, chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken—chicken chicken.

Chicken?

Posted by: Justin the Mad Latinist at May 16, 2007 10:45 AM

Chick. En.

Posted by: zhoen at May 16, 2007 11:15 AM

Rooster?

Posted by: Ran at May 16, 2007 12:05 PM

Chicken.

Posted by: John Cowan at May 16, 2007 12:13 PM

Time to talk turkey now:

Rhubarb rhubarb “Rhubarb Rhubarb”? Rhubarb rhubarb-rhubarb, rhubarb! Rhubarb, rhubarb Rhubarb...

Posted by: Siganus Sutor at May 16, 2007 12:17 PM

Chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken. Chicken chicken? Chicken.

Posted by: Sonja at May 16, 2007 12:58 PM

When you ask an Aussie how bush tucker tastes, he answers "like chicken". Or "chook".

Posted by: dearieme at May 16, 2007 01:57 PM

kurichnego kurichnego kurichnego impereilizm !

Posted by: grijl at May 16, 2007 02:29 PM

Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich! (Malkovich.)

Posted by: Ben Zimmer at May 16, 2007 02:31 PM

Mun, mun mun mun. Mun mun. Mun, mun?

Posted by: Ben Zimmer at May 16, 2007 02:34 PM

Duck duck goose?

Posted by: Sili at May 16, 2007 03:21 PM

And while we're at it, Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Posted by: Cliff Crawford at May 16, 2007 03:23 PM

On second schtroumpf, schtroumpf that schtroumpf. That is, Les Schtroumpf schtroumpfed of this first.

For our schtroumpfish schtroumpf: "Smřlf".

A schtroumpf could be: "Den smřlf smřlfede ham lige i smřlfen."

Posted by: Sili at May 16, 2007 03:48 PM

Speaker A: Vy ste všetci toto. Keby ste sa netoto a radšej zatoto, tak by sme to toto už dávno vytoto a nemuseli by sme sa natoto jak takí toto. Ale vy radšej vytoto a roztoto a nie aby ste celý toto poriadne toto a toto.
Speaker B: Ale šak sa netoto. Dneska zatoto a zajtra to celé toto bude vytoto až sa z toho všetci toto pototo.

Note: that's a reasonably accurate transcript of a real conversation.
In case of emergency, replace "toto" by "jebať". Works just as well in most cases.

Posted by: bulbul at May 16, 2007 05:31 PM

To represent the antipodean element:

Wilik-wilik, wilik-wilik wilik-wilik "Wilik-wilik" wilik-wilik.
Wilik-wilik wilik-wilik Wilik-wilik wilik-wilik wilik-wilik wilik-wilik. Wilik-wilik wilik.

-Wilik wilik.

That's what a galah sounds like!

Posted by: Jangari at May 16, 2007 08:00 PM

Cheeky.

Posted by: Jordan at May 16, 2007 08:38 PM

Shi shi shi shi shi shi shi....

But I think Steve Martin said it best: "Hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup hup."

Posted by: Mark S. at May 16, 2007 08:43 PM

Dead link. Most frustrating post ever.

Posted by: John Emerson at May 16, 2007 09:05 PM

OK, got through. I'm fine now.

Posted by: John Emerson at May 16, 2007 09:50 PM


Chic, Ken! (Ken ye chicks?)

Posted by: Noetica at May 16, 2007 10:14 PM

cluck!

Posted by: stercus at May 16, 2007 10:45 PM

Reagan Reagan Reagan Reagan Reagan.

Posted by: KCinDC at May 17, 2007 12:37 AM

I can't let this go without alluding to that classic Monty Python sketch:

Don't worry dear, I'll have your spam, I love it. I'm having the spam spam spam spam spam spam baked beans spam spam and spam!
Baked beans are off!
Oh, can I have spam instead?
You mean you want spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam and spam?! Blechhh!

Posted by: Jangari at May 17, 2007 04:01 AM

Why not let the bird speak for itself? A sparrow for example.

DE MUS

Tjielp tjielp – tjielp tjielp tjielp
tjielp tjielp tjielp - tjielp tjielp
tjielp tjielp tjielp tjielp tjielp tjielp
tjielp tjielp tjielp

Tjielp
etc.


(c) Jan Hanlo, 1954
http://www.muurgedichten.nl/hanlo.html

Posted by: gijsd at May 17, 2007 06:39 AM

This is just a cheap ripoff of the old badger loop:

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/badgers/

Posted by: Gary at May 17, 2007 06:52 AM

Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers Badgers mushrooms, MUSHROOMS!

Posted by: Dave at May 17, 2007 12:19 PM

Developers, developers, developers!

Posted by: SN at May 17, 2007 01:56 PM

Pollo kuritsa huhn kur koko. Gallus házityúk dajaaj kana poulet. Ayam hohn niwatori höns, "galinha" tavuk kokoshka yi ji.

Posted by: vanya at May 18, 2007 03:50 AM

CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG! CHICKEN! EGG!

Now, what did I start with again?

Posted by: DanW at May 18, 2007 10:59 AM

Adiye.

Posted by: Teju at May 18, 2007 12:57 PM

Huhn huhn huhn huhn huehnchen huehnchen huhn huhn huhn.
huhn
nhuh
hnhu
uhnh
huhn!

Posted by: L.A. at May 18, 2007 06:53 PM

YOu know, Wilsonart's post almost actually fits ;)

Posted by: Justin the Mad Latinist at May 19, 2007 04:33 PM

Should I resist?

Naaah...

Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach.

Posted by: David Marjanović at May 19, 2007 05:41 PM

In a certain dialect of Finnish (Rauma) the following works: Kokko, kokko kokko koko kokko. 'Kokko, bring together the whole bonfire!'

Posted by: Ryan at May 20, 2007 03:37 AM

ARGH! A tongue-twister with long and short consonants! (Or is koko a typo?)

Posted by: David Marjanović at May 21, 2007 07:02 AM