Tongue twisters

[Bruce and Han 0]

My Vietnamese fiancee and I are practicing these together, I figure that if she can pull one of these off at her interview, it will be a slam dunk.

Twister Shorties: (say 'em a few times)

Greek grapes.

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

Unique New York.

Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.

Freshly-fried flying fish.

The epitome of femininity.

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,

but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicing him hiccupping,

and amicably welcoming him home.

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager

imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.

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Common Twisters:

She sells seashells by the seashore.

The shells she sells are surely seashells.

So if she sells shells on the seashore,

I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,

And chuck as much as a woodchuck would

If a woodchuck could chuck wood.

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Tongue Twister Poems:

Mr. See owned a saw.

And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.

Now, See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw

Before Soar saw See,

Which made Soar sore.

Had Soar seen See's saw

Before See sawed Soar's seesaw,

See's saw would not have sawed

Soar's seesaw.

So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.

But it was sad to see Soar so sore

just because See's saw sawed

Soar's seesaw.

Betty Botter had some butter,

"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.

If I bake this bitter butter,

It would make my batter bitter.

But a bit of better butter,

That would make my batter better."

So she bought a bit of butter -

Better than her bitter butter -

And she baked it in her batter;

And the batter was not bitter.

So 'twas better Betty Botter

Bought a bit of better butter.

Ned Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not.

So it is better to be Shott than Nott.

Some say Nott was not shot.

But Shott says he shot Nott.

Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot,

Or Nott was shot.

If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot.

But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott,

Then Shott was shot, not Nott.

However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott, but Nott.

A tree-toad loved a she-toad

Who lived up in a tree.

He was a two-toed tree-toad,

But a three-toed toad was she.

The two-toed tree-toad tried to win

The three-toed she-toad's heart,

For the two-toed tree-toad loved the ground

That the three-toed tree-toad trod.

But the two-toed tree-toad tried in vain;

He couldn't please her whim.

From her tree-toad bower,

With her three-toad power,

The she-toad vetoed him.

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Raunchy Twisters:

I'm not a smart feller,

I'm a smart feller's son

And I'll keep felling smarts

'Till the smart feller comes.

I'm not a fog ducker,

I'm a fog ducker's son

And I'll keep ducking fogs

'Till the fog ducker comes.

I am not the fig plucker,

I'm a fig plucker's son.

And I'll keep plucking figs

'Till the fig plucker comes.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit;

and on the slitted sheet I sit.

[ChristinaM 0]

Well it kept me entertained for a good ten minutes reading those aloud and trying to get some of them right!

[Bootylicious!! 2]

[almaty 19]

i give up

[meddykomp 0]

ouch - that made my head hurt

[Anastasia 1]

I'm not a fog ducker,

I'm a fog ducker's son

And I'll keep ducking fogs

'Till the fog ducker comes.

I totally read this wrong

[gimygirl 0]

i've always liked: Peggy Babcock say that fast!!!

[Miranda&James 8]

[Not Available 0]

My tongue is now in a knot...