n You probably learned some tongue twisters like “six thick thistle sticks” in elementary school. Did you know virtually every world language has its own tongue twisters? One example: The French “Un chasseur sachant chasser chassait sans son chien de chasse” means “A hunter who knows how to hunt knows how to hunt without his hunting dog.” (Thanks to Roger Lucas of Seattle.)

A, HAM, HE, MOPE, POT and TOT are all:

A) Rivers in Great Britain

B) Russian words with different meanings from English

C) People mentioned in the Old Testament

D) Japanese brands of chewing gum

Answer Monday.

Thursday’s answer: “Sillysider” is a Canadian slang term for a left-hander.

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