A fork-tongue snake talking. vs A fork tongued snake talking.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. The first phrase 'a fork-tongue snake talking' uses a hyphen to connect 'fork' and 'tongue' as a compound adjective describing the snake. The second phrase 'a fork tongued snake talking' uses 'fork tongued' as an adjective without a hyphen. Both forms are acceptable, but the hyphenated version is more common in formal writing.

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A fork-tongue snake talking.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase uses a hyphen to connect 'fork' and 'tongue' as a compound adjective describing the snake. It is commonly used in both formal and informal contexts.

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That was the Harvey Wallbanger talking.
I heard Mommy and Miss Thatcher talking.
This is your foreign priests talking.
This is not your mommy talking.
It's hard enough without everybody talking.
You've been doing some hard talking.
Take care or I might start talking.
This is your post-9/11 racism talking.
Sammy wasn't wild about talking.
That is just your back talking.
It's just my soul-crushing depression talking.
She was murdered, so start talking.
Nothing good ever comes from talking.
That was grief and exhaustion talking.
Well, generally whenever anyone else starts talking.
And people have already started talking.
Rule number one - no talking.
Come find me when the Skitter starts talking.
So, please, keep talking.
My jaw physically ached from all the talking.

Alternatives:

a fork-tongued snake talking
a snake with a forked tongue talking

A fork tongued snake talking.

This phrase is correct but less common in formal writing.

This phrase uses 'fork tongued' as an adjective without a hyphen. It is still correct but less common in formal writing compared to the hyphenated version.

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Do not believe that silver-tongued snake.
She stabbed me with a fork.
I didn't even know that he could hold a fork.
Three tines is not a fork.
There's a fork, if...
She once put a fork in his neck.
The map doesn't show a fork in the road.
I can't use a fork well.
I use a fork for spaghetti.
You can button your own shirt, - hold a fork.
Or you could stick a fork in an apple.
Godfrey wouldn't touch those old pearls with a fork.
Recommended restaurants are awarded bronze statuettes with a symbolic obwarzanek krakowski on a fork.
A fork, a card Credit... and ready.
Don't eat pizza with a fork and a knife.
There's a fork in the road past Lexington, Pastor.
It's a spoon and a fork.
Ma'am, this is a fork.
Please stick a fork in my neck.
Harvard was a fork in the road.

Alternatives:

a fork-tongued snake talking
a snake with a forked tongue talking

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A fork-tongue snake talking. vs A fork tongued snake talking.