Tongue Twisters

Bad money mad bunny.

Sometimes what children wonder can make us wonder how they wonder such interesting wonders.

 

Five fat peas in a pod pressed.

 Does he know that we know that he knows.

Tiny Orangutan Tongues.

Is there a pleasant peasant present?

Big Billy, who had a big belly was also a big bully.

How many cuckoos could a good cook cook, if a cook could cook cuckoos.

I'm not the fig plucker, but the fig plucker's son.

But I'll pluck figs, till the fig plucker comes. 

An Ape hates grape cakes.

Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.

Hi says Hilda Hippo Happily

Hi says Hilda Hippo Happily. 

Once upon a barren moor

There dwelt a bear, also a boar.

The bear could not bear the boar.

The boar thought the bear a bore.

At last the bear could bear no more

Of that boar that bored him on the moor,

And so one morn he bored the boar--

That boar will bore the bear no more.

Draw drowsy ducks and drakes.

Mix, Miss Mix!

Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread. 

Tragedy strategy.  

Selfish shellfish. 

Freshly fried fresh flesh.

The crow flew over the river,

with a lump of raw liver. 

Preshrunk silk shirts. 

Good blood, bad blood. 

Shelter for six sick scenic sightseers. 

On mules we find two legs behind

and two we find before.

We stand behind before we find,

what those behind be for. 

Sarah saw a shot-silk sash shop full of shot-silk sashes

as the sunshine shone on the side of the shot-silk sash shop.

Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.

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? 

Ed had edited it.

She sifted thistles through her thistle-sifter. 

While we were walking, we were watching window washers

wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.

Swan swam over the sea,

Swim, swan, swim!

Swan swam back again

Well swum, swan! 

I thought a thought.

But the thought I thought wasn't the thought

I thought I thought.

Brad's big black bath brush broke. 

Thieves seize skis.

Truly rural. 

The blue bluebird blinks.  

Crisp crusts crackle crunchily. 

Six sharp smart sharks.

What a shame, such a shapely sash, should such shabby stitches show.

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. 

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu

choose the shoes he chews?

Sixish. 

Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup. 

A big black bug bit a big black bear,

made the big black bear bleed blood.  

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

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.  

Three gray geese in the green grass grazing

Gray were the geese and green was the grass. 

Three gray geese in the green grass grazing

Gray were the geese and green was the grass.

Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

 Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? 

The boot black bought the black boot back.  

Six short slow shepherds. 

 Which witch wished which wicked wish. 

Old oily Olly oils old oily autos.  

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

 

A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits. 

Six snakes, slipping and sliding.

Some shun sunshine; some shun shade.

Shoes and socks shock my shy sister. 

A growing gleam glowing green.

Ten toothsome tarts tempted Ted's tranquility.

Silver snails slipped silently southwards. 

Silver snails slipped silently southwards.

A foolish fellow finds fault freely. 

Thieves and thugs think not of thriftiness.

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool.

Fish sauce shop. 

 

Flesh of freshly fried flying fish. 

Does this shop stock socks with spots? 

Stop chop shops selling chopped shop chops.

Buy enough snuff for the snuff-sniffer. 

 

Cat cry Cat cry Cat cry.  

Gig whip - Gig whip - Gig whip. 

Flip Flop, Clip Clop, Slick Slop.  

Jim am Jam, Jimmy Jam I am, Jimmy Jam I am. 

Tingi Tim taught Tim to tie twig thin.  

Tie twine to three tree twigs. 

He's wearing a short silk shirt. 

 How many tales will a tall teller tell, when a tall teller tells a tall tale?

A tall teller will tell all the tales he tells whenever he tells tall tales. 

How many cans can a cannibal nibble, if a cannibal can nibble cans?

A cannibal can nibble all the cans he can nibble, if a cannibal can nibble cans.  

Faithful friends freely forgive.

Mr. See and Mr. Sore were old friends. See owned a saw and Sore owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Sore's seesaw before Sore saw See, which made Sore sore with See. Had Sore seen See's saw before See's saw sawed Sore's seesaw, then See's saw would not have sawed Sore's seesaw . But See saw Sore and Sore's seesaw before Sore saw See's saw; so you see how See's saw could saw Sore's seesaw. It was a shame to see Sore so sore with See, just because See's saw sawed Sore's seesaw.

A cricket critic.

Two tired toads tried to toddle to town.

The sun should shine soon.

This shoe is ship shape. 

Pickled plump plum.

Shy Sarah saw six Swiss wrist watches. 

The sixth sick Sheikh’s sixth sheep is sick. 

Double bubble gum bubbles double. 

Six, long, slim, slick, slender saplings. 

Betty bought a bit of butter,

But the butter was so bitter,

So she bought some better butter,

To make the bitter butter better.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Bigger had a baby. Which was bigger?

Himself or the baby which was a little bigger. 

Blue blood black blood. 

Crisp crusts crackle.  

She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

The shells she sells are sea-shells I'm sure.

So if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore,

Then I am sure she sells sea-shore shells. 

She saw six sick sheep.  

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper,

Where's the peck of pepper Peter Piper picked?

Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper.

Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pepper? 

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 is the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?

Sea Shells by the seashore,

The shells she sells are surely seashells,

so if she sells shells on the seashore,

I am sure she sells seashore shells.

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue,

said the flea, let us fly,

said the fly, let us flee,

so they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Betty botter had some butter, 

But she said this butter is bitter,

If I bake this bitter butter,

If 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 the batter,

and the batter was not bitter,

so the better betty botter, 

hought a bit of better butter.

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