Americans Find It Hard to Repeat Tongue Twister 'Pad Kid Poured Curd Pulled Cold'

Researchers found that Americans find it hard to repeat the phrase "pad kid poured curd pulled cold", while studying the brain's speech-planning processes.

For research proposes, lead researcher Dr Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, asked participants to repeat the tongue twister 10 times at a fast lick, News.com.au reported.

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