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The archbishop of Constantinople

El arzobispo de Constantinopla se quiere desarzobisconstantinopolitanizar. El desarzobisconstantinopolitanizador que lo desarzobisconstantinopolitanice, buen desarzobisconstantinopolitanizador será.
The archbishop of Constantinople wants to be un-archbishop-constantinopolized. Whoever un-archbishop-constantinopolizes him, a good un-archbishop-constantinopolizer will be.

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Karl, Indianapolis/USA 2010-01-08

We have adapted this to our own home town of Indianapolis, and instead of an archbishop we have a pediatrician.
The pediatrician from Indianapolis wants to be un-pediatrician-Indianapolized ...

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Carlita 2008-04-09

We have a very similar tongue twister in Italian, l'arcivescovo di costantinopoli.

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