Strč prst skrz krk

Strč prst skrz krk (Audio|StrcPrstSkrzKrk.ogg|listen) is a Czech and Slovak tongue-twister meaning "stick your finger through your neck".

The sentence is well known for having a total absence of vowels. It is often used as an example of such phrase when learning Czech as a foreign language. Sometimes in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the phrase is used to judge whether or not a particular person is drunk.

The phrase is also the subtitle of the Swiss newspaper "La Distinction". [http://www.distinction.ch/]

There is an even longer phrase with no vowels in Czech language: "Prd krt skrz drn, zprv zhlt hrst zrn" ("A mole farted through grass, having swallowed a handful of grains").

ee also

* Shibboleth

External links

* [http://design.radio.cz/en/article/51349 "Le virelangue - jazykolam : strč prst skrz krk"] - Radio Prague article about the phrase
* [http://www.typotheque.com/tshirts/strc_prst_skrz_krk_black/ "Strč prst skrz krk t-shirt"] - T-shirts