DONNY 在北京學漢語，他的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎麼說的詞，就會來請教他。今天是吳瓊要問的：
拗口。
拗口
DONNY: 吳瓊，What's up?
WQ: 我表姐要生寶寶了，發動全家給孩子起名兒呢，這不，我翻翻字典，找點靈感。
DONNY: Interesting! 我也來出主意!
WQ: 孩子姓唐，你說叫什麼好？
DONNY: 唐？嗯...唐 - 老 - 鴨。
WQ: 啊？!
DONNY: Haha! I'm sorry, Wu Qiong. I know this is a terrible name, but when you mentioned the word "唐”， the name rolled right off my tongue.
WQ: Rolled right off your tongue? 從舌頭上滾下來？我明白了，就是順口，脫口而出。你一聽到“唐”字，順口就說出了唐老鴨。 那...如果不順口，也就是拗口，該怎麼說呢？
DONNY: You can say it's a tongue twister. Tongue is spelled t-o-n-g-u-e, and twister, t-w-i-s-t-e-r.
WQ: 哦，tongue twister， 就是說起來拗口的東西! This name is a tongue twister 這個名字真難念。
DONNY: 沒錯! Wu Qiong, you know the luxury car brand "Mercedes-Benz", do you?
WQ: Mercedes-Benz? 就是奔馳嘛!
DONNY: Right. The Chinese translation 奔馳 rolls right off the tongue. However, if we call the brand 梅賽德斯•本茲， to me , that's a tongue twister! It's like I'm tripping over my own tongue when I try to say it.
WQ: Trip over your own tongue? 我知道 t-r-i-p, trip 是摔倒的意思，所以 trip over one's own tongue 就是打磕巴，吃螺絲吧？
DONNY: Absolutely!
WQ: DONNY, We need to find a good name for this baby. We don't want people to trip over their own tongues when they say the baby's name!
DONNY: Of course, but first let's see what you've learned today!
WQ: 第一，順口叫 to roll right off the tongue；第二，拗口的東西則是 a tongue twister；第三，打磕巴，吃螺絲，叫
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