#my french professor loved giving people tongue-twisters / virelangues as extra credit at the end of the semester

[flame-of-tar-valon]

I know english-speaking people love to joke about all the silent letters in french. but. when I'm trying to scare my non-francophone friends, I find the french R sound and the nasal vowels to be more effective.

There's a line from a song that works great for this purpose: "Rire à en pleurer pour un rien" from Comme Avant by Marie-Mai