Famous Tongue Twisters

Famous Tongue Twisters

Famous Tongue Twisters in  Many language 

1 In English

2 In French

3 In Dutch

4 In Spanish

5 In Finnish

6 In German

7 In Hebrew - בעברית

8 In Polish

9 In Swedish

In English

• "Red Leather, Yellow Leather"
• "She sells sea shells 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."
• "Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
  Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
  If Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair
  then Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?"
• "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers"
• "Mamma Made Me Mash My M & M's"
• The Leith police dismisseth us
• One smart fellow, he felt smart
  Two smart fellows, they felt smart
  Three smart fellows, They all felt smart.
• He had "had". Had he had "had had", he'd have passed the examination.
• "Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter. So, she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter and she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter. So 'twas good that Betty Botter bought some better butter."
• "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
  How many pecks of pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
  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."
• "Moses supposes his toeses are roses,
  but Moses supposes erroneously;
  for nobody's toeses are poses of roses,
  as Moses supposes his toeses to be."
• "Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,
  Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
  If Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,
  Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles,
  Where is the sieve of un-sifted thistles
  Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, sifted?"
• "The sixth sheik's sixth sheep's sick."
• "Amidst the mists and coldest frosts
  With barest wrists and stoutest boasts
  He thrusts his fists against the posts
  And still insists he sees the ghosts."
    (The "S-T-S" consonant combination is very difficult for speakers of many other languages)
• "I'm a sheet-slitter
  I slit sheets
  I'm the slickest little sheet-slitter
  That ever slit sheets."
• "Toy boat, or Troy boat?"
• "If you keep a lot of liquor in your locker
  It is wise to put a lock upon your stock
  Or some fellow who is quicker
  Will trick you of your liquor
  If you fail to lock your liquor with a lock."
• "Red Lolly, yellow lorry"
• "I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son
  I'm sitting plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes."

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In French

• Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont elles sèches, archi-sèches ?
  
  • Archduchess' socks are they dry, very dry ?
• Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?
  
  • Am I really at this dear Serge's home ?
• La roue sur la rue roule; la rue sous la roue reste.
  
  • Wheel rolls on the road, road under the wheel stays.
• Tas de riz, tas de rats. Tas de riz tentant, tas de rats tentés. Tas de riz tentant tenta tas de rats tentés. Tas de rats tentés tâta tas de riz tentant.
  
  • Rice heap, rats heap. Tempting rice heap, tempted rats heap. Tempting rice heap tempted tempted rats heap. Tempted rats heap tasted tempting rice heap.
• Si mon tonton tond ton tonton, ton tonton est tondu par mon tonton, Si ma tata tâte ta tata, ta tata est tâtée par ma tata.
  
  • If my uncle shear your uncle, your uncle is sheared by my uncle. If my aunt taste your aunt, your aunt is tasted by my aunt.
• Chez les Papous il y a des Papous papas, des Papous pas papas, des Papous à poux et des Papous pas à poux.
  Donc chez les Papous il y a :
  - des Papous papas à poux
  - des Papous papas pas à poux
  - des Papous pas papas à poux
  - et des Papous pas papas pas à poux.
  Il y a aussi des poux papas et des poux pas papa...
  Ce qui fait donc :
  -des Papous papas à poux papas
  -des Papous papas à poux pas papas
  -des Papoux papas pas à poux papas
  -des Papoux papas pas à poux pas papas
  -des Papoux pas papas à poux papas
  -des Papoux pas papas à poux pas papas
  -des Papoux pas papas pas à poux papas
  -des Papoux pas papas pas à poux pas papas
  

There are papous who are fathers and papous who are not, papous who have lice and papous who have no lice. So there are:

- Papous with lice who are fathers

- Papous without lice who are fathers

- Papous with lice who are not fathers

- Papous without lice who are not fathers

And there are some lice who are fathers and some who are not: [...] (I'm sure you have understood the idea.)

• Si six scies scient six cyprès, Six cent six scies scient six cent six cyprès.
  
  • If six saws saw six cypresses, six hundred six saws saw six hundred six cypresses.

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In Dutch

• Lientje leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange lindelaan.
  
  • Along the long lime-tree lane, Lientje taught Lotje how to walk.
• Zeven zwarte zwanen zwemmen in de Zuiderzee.
  
  • Seven black swans swim in the South sea.
• Ik heb driemaal schuin op 't schip gezeten.
  
  • I sat crookedly on the ship thrice.
• De meid van de bakker snijdt recht en de knecht van de bakker snijdt scheef.
  
  • The maid of the baker cuts straight and the aid of the baker cuts non-straight
• De kat krabt de krullen van de trap.
  
  • The cat scratches the curls off the stairs
• Nat gras is glad gras.
  
  • Wet grass is slippery grass
• De postkoetsier poetst zijn postkoets met postkoetspoets.
  
  • The carriagedriver polishes the carriage with carriagepolish
• Koos de knappe kapper knipt knap, maar Kees, de knecht van Koos de knappe kapper, knipt nog knapper.

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In Spanish

• Cómo como ? Como como como
  
  • How do I eat ? I eat as I eat

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In Finnish

• Vesihiisi sihisi hississä!
  
  • The watersprite hissed in the lift!
• ''Kokoo kokko! Koko kokkoko? Koko kokko.
  
  • Build up the bonfire! The whole bonfire? The whole bonfire.

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In German

• Wenn hinter Fliegen Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen hinterher.
  
  • when flies fly behind flies,flies fly behind flies
• Wenn hinter Robben Robben robben, robben Robben Robben nach.
• Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid und Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut.
• Fischer's Fritze fischt frische Fische, frische Fische fischt Fischer's Fritze.
  
  • fisher's fritze fishes fresh fishes,fresh fishes does fisher's fritze fish
• Willis Whiskymixer mixt Whisky, Mixt Willis Whiskymixer Whisky?
• Wir wiener Waschweiber würden weisse Wäsche waschen wenn wir wüssten wo warmes Wasser wär

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In Hebrew - בעברית

• שרה שרה שיר שמח
• גנן גידל דגן בגן
  דגן גדול גדל בגן

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In Polish

• Stół z powyÅ‚amywanymi nogami
• Soczewica, koÅ‚o, miele, mÅ‚yn
• ''SzedÅ‚ Sasza suchÄ… szosÄ…"
• W Szczebrzeszczynie chrzÄ…szcz brzmi w trzcinie

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In Swedish

• Sju sjömän satt pÃ¥ en sjömans kista

Hindi Tongue Twisters

Hindi Tongue Twisters

Some hindi ones


1

madan, mohan, malveya madras mein machhli maarte maarte mare

2

Chaar Kachari Kachche Chacha,
Chaar Kachari Pakke.
Pakki Kachari Kachche Chacha,
Kachchi Kachari Pakke!

3

Raja Gope Gopal Gopaggam Daas

personal name

4



ek ooncha oont hai, poochh oonchi oont ki, poochh se bhi oonchi kya, peeth oonchi oont ki

5

Khadak Singh ke khadakane se khadakati hain khidkiyan, khidkiyon ke khadakane se khadakata hai Khadak Singh.

6

Jo hase ga wo fase ga.
Jo fase ga wo hase ga.

7

Chandu ke chacha ne chandu ki chachi ko chandni-chowk
mein chaandi ki chammach se chatni chackaee.

8

Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho.
Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samajhna hi samajh hai.
Jo samajh ko samajh kar bhi na samajhe
Voh....kya hai? Nasamajh hai.

9



Chacha ne chachi ko Chandni Chonk me chandi ke chamach se chatni chatai!

10

kaccha papad, pakka papad.

11

mar ham bi gaye, marham ke liye, marham na mila. ham dam se gaye, hamdam ke liye, hamdam na mila

12

uth unchi,
uth ki pheet unchi,
phoonch uth ki unchi

13

Ente sanchi, chanthayil thaicha sanchi

14

rakshi shaktishali shasak

15

Dubey dubai mein doob gaya

16

tola ram tala tol ke tel mein tul gaya
tula hua tola tale ke tale hue tel mein tala gaya

17

nazar nazar me har ek naraz me hume us nazar ki talash thi. wo narazar mili to sahi par us nazar me ab wo nazar kahan thi.

18

samjh samjh ke samjh ko samjho..samjha samjhna
bhi ek samjh hai..samjh samjhke jo na samjhe ..meri samajh me wo na samajh hai!

19

Kaka ae kaki ne kashmir no kabat mathi kachi keri no kachumber kadhi kadhva kahnyu.

20

faalse ka faasla

21

Unth uncha, Unth ki peeth unchi. Unchi poonchh unth ki.

Best  Tongue Twisters :

Nandu ke Nana Ne Nandu ki Nani ko Nand Nagari me Nagin dikhaie.

Chacha ne chachi ko chandni chawk me chandni raat me chandi ke chamch se chatpati chatni chatai.

pital ke patile mein papita pila pila 

KACHA PAPAD PAKA PAPAD

Urdu Tongue Twisters

Urdu Tongue Twisters

1

aik chinee aurat ne chinee kay pialay main chinee lai

2

jo ponchi main ne bhaiji the woh ponchi
aap ko ponchi hay
agar ponchay to keh dena keh ponchi
ponchi hum ko ponchi hay.

3

Khirkyon ke bajne se khirkati hai khirkiyah.
Khirkyon ke bajne se bajta hai kharaksingh.
Kharaksingh ke bajne se khartkti hai khirkiyan.

4

Eik Bholi Bhali Baji Ney Bara Bajey Ghanti Bajai Aur Bhoori Bhabi key Bachi key saath Bhujia Banai.

5

kucha pupita puka pupita

6

chachi nay chacha ko chandi kay chumchay say chutni chutai.

7

Cheen say khabar ayee hay kay char cheeni sepahi nay char buj kur chuvalees minut pur char cheeni bachoon ko chumach say cheeni chatthay howay girifthar kur lia.

8

Katcha papad pakka papad

9

Samajh Samajh Ke Samajh Ko Samjho
Samjh Samjhana Bhee Ek Samajh Hai
Samajh Samjh Ke Jo Na Samjhe
Meri Samjh Mein Wo Naasamajh Hai

10

Chunnu kay chacha ne,
chunnu ki chachi ko,
chandni raat mein,
chandi ki chamach se,
chatni chatai.

11

unche unte ki punch unchi
kuch unte uncha kuch punch unchi

12

chachi ney chacha ko chandni raat mey chaandi key chumach sey chatni chatai.

13

phool ley ker phool aya phool ker may nay kaha, phool kyoon laay ho sahib tum to khud hi phool ho

14

Nazar ney nazar ko nazar bhar key deykha, Nazar ki nazar ko nazar lag gai

15

ye der he wo der, jis der pe seda, mita he her be der ko der, yani der be der, phir ker der der, Aata he heder ke der per

16

Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho. Samajh samajhna bhi ik samajh he, jo lakh samjhane per na samjhe, meri samajh meN wo na samajh he

New 50 Tongue Twisters

Tongue Twisters




A quick witted cricket critic.


IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF;
programming language PL/I by Bruce Walker



I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.


How many boards
Could the Mongols hoard
If the Mongol hoards got bored?
from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterson


How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?


Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
by Raymond Weisling



Denise sees the fleece,
Denise sees the fleas.
At least Denise could sneeze
and feed and freeze the fleas.


Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
by Pierre Abbat


Sheena leads, Sheila needs.


The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.


Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning.
by Meaghan Desbiens


Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?


Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.


You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!
From a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson



Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.


Clean clams crammed in clean cans.


Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.


I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.


Stupid superstition!


There was a fisherman named Fisher
who fished for some fish in a fissure.
Till a fish with a grin,
pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.


World Wide Web



To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock


In a pestilential prison with a life long lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.
by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan from The Mikado


Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.
from a commercial


If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?



Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

from Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks


Seventy seven benevolent elephants
harder than it seems


There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through.


Santa's Short Suit Shrunk
name of a children's book


I was born on a pirate ship
Hold your tounge while saying it.


I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!


Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.


In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen.
From the film ""My Fair Lady""



One-one was a race horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.


Eleven benevolent elephants


Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...


Willy's real rear wheel
David Bowser in Harrisburg, PA


If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years?
from Naomi Fletcher's real life


Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch or framing his famed French finch photos?


Pirates Private Property


What a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible tongue twister...



When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write.


A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
by Kitty Morrow


Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.


Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.




Flash message!


Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.


Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.


How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.


How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.


How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.


How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.


Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me.
My mother's making me marry Mary Mac.
Will I always be so Merry when Mary's taking care of me?
Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?
from a song by Carbon Leaf


Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter ""T"".


Pete's pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.


She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?


Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.
from Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss


Two tried and true tridents


rudder valve reversals
the cause of some plane crashes


Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
If cows could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.


How many cans can a cannibal nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans?
As many cans as a cannibal can nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans.


A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.


Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.




Four furious friends fought for the phone.


Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.


Bobby Bippy bought a bat.
Bobby Bippy bought a ball.
With his bat Bob banged the ball
Banged it bump against the wall
But so boldly Bobby banged it
That he burst his rubber ball
""Boo!"" cried Bobby
Bad luck ball
Bad luck Bobby, bad luck ball
Now to drown his many troubles
Bobby Bippy's blowing bubbles.
from mid-Willamette Valley theater




Black background, brown background.


Why do you cry, Willy?
Why do you cry?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy? Why?


Very well, very well, very well ...


Tie twine to three tree twigs.


Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.


Mares eat oats and does eat oats,
and little lambs eat ivy.
A Kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?


Three short sword sheaths.


Caution: Wide Right Turns
Seen on semi-tractor trailers


Rolling red wagons


Green glass globes glow greenly.


Robert Wayne Rutter
personal name I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within.

Best Tongue Twisters

Best Tongue Twisters

Flee from fog to fight flu fast!


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 wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.



Six short slow shepherds.


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-toed power
The she-toad vetoed him.


Which witch wished which wicked wish?


Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos.



The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.


Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
shilly-shallied south.
These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;
sheep should sleep in a shed.


Sure the ship's shipshape, sir.





Of all the felt I ever felt,
I never felt a piece of felt
which felt as fine as that felt felt,
when first I felt that felt hat's felt.


Sixish.


Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.


Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again
Well swum, swan!


Six shimmering sharks sharply striking shins.


Brad's big black bath brush broke.


Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch
slickly snared six sickly silky snakes.


Susan shineth shoes and socks;
socks and shoes shines Susan.
She ceased shining shoes and socks,
for shoes and socks shock Susan.


If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor
who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the
doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor
the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?


While we were walking, we were watching window washers
wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.


The crow flew over the river
with a lump of raw liver.


Good blood, bad blood.


Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?


She stood on the balcony
inexplicably mimicing him hiccupping,
and amicably welcoming him home.


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. I need not your needles, they're needless to me;
For kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see;
But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed,
I then should have need of your needles indeed.
However,
the shot Shott shot shot not Shott --
but Nott.


Pretty Kitty Creighton had a cotton batten cat.
The cotton batten cat was bitten by a rat.
The kitten that was bitten had a button for an eye,
And biting off the button made the cotton batten fly.


Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.

short tongue twisters

Short tongue twisters

he World’s toughest tongue twister:
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.



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


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?


Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.


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.


Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick.


A big black bug bit a big black bear,
made the big black bear bleed blood.




She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.


Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.


A bitter biting bittern
Bit a better brother bittern,
And the bitter better bittern
Bit the bitter biter back.
And the bitter bittern, bitten,
By the better bitten bittern,
Said: "I'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"


A noisy noise annoys an oyster.


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!


I cannot bear to see a bear
Bear down upon a hare.
When bare of hair he strips the hare,
Right there I cry, "Forbear!"


Tim, the thin twin tinsmith


I need not your needles, they're needless to me;
For kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see;
But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed,
I then should have need of your needles indeed.

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Try to twist your tongue

Here are a few tongue twisters for you.Try to read them aloud as fast as you can :)

1. If you understand, say "understand" . If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand". How do I understand that you understand? Understand!

2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

3. Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

4. A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.

5. Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People

6. If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

7. I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

8. Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"

9. Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and called to Mr Outside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from inside and Told Mr Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO", and told Mr Outside to come outside. Mr Outside and Mr Inside argued from inside and outside about going outside or coming inside. Finally, Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come inside, then both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.

10. SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS, ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES

11. The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.

12. If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

"When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"

13. We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.

14. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.

15. A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the flea" Let us fly Said the fly"Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in the flue

16. If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as tongue-twister twists tongues.

17. 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.

Not all tongue twisters are as short as these. In fact the Peter Piper and Seashells twisters above come from longer tongue twister poems.