Toungue Twisters


If you don't find each one "hard to say" at first,
just keep repeating it until you do!

A canner, exceedingly canny, one morning remarked to his granny,
A canner can can
Anything that he can;
But a canner can't can a can can he.





A fly and a flea in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
"Let us fly," said the flea
"Let us flee,"said the fly
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

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

A skunk sat on a stump.
The skunk thunk the stump stunk.
The stump thunk the skunk stunk.

A tree toad loved a she-toad,
That lived up in a tree.
She was a three-toed tree toad,
But a two-toed toad was he.

A twister of twists once twisted a twist.
and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwists,
would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists

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.

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

Cheerful Charles chose cherry chocolates
for Cheri.


Do you like fresh fish?
It's just fine at Finney's Diner.
Finney also has some fresher fish
that's fresher and much finer.
But his best fish is his freshest fish
and Finney says with pride,
"The finest fish at Finney's is
my freshest fish, French-fried!"

SO...
don't order the fresh or the fresher fish.
At Finney's, if you're wise,
you'll say,
"Fetch me the finest, French-fried freshest
fish that Finney fries!"


Fuzzy Wuzzy
Was a bear,
Fuzzy Wuzzy Had no Hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't fuzzy,
Was he?!

Good Goodie Twoshoes took two shoes
to the Goody Showshine shoe shop.

He thrusts his fists against the posts
and still insists he sees the ghosts.

How much caramel can a canny cannibal cram into a camel,
if a canny cannibal can cram caramel into a camel ?

How much dough would Bob Dole dole
If Bob dole could dole dough?
Bob dole would dole as much dough
As Bob Dole COULD dole,
If Bob Dole could dole dough.

How much wood would a woodpecker peck if a woodpecker could peck wood? 

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.

I am not a pheasant plucker,
But a pheasant plucker's son.
I am only plucking pheasants
'Til the pheasant plucker comes.

I can think of thin things, six thin things, can you ?
Yes, I can think of six thin things, and of six thick things too.

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.

I'm not the fig plucker,
but the fig plucker's son.
But I'll pluck figs
'til the fig plucker comes

I saw Esau kissing Kate,
And Kate saw I saw Esau,
And Esau saw that I saw Kate,
And Kate saw I saw Esau saw.

Is that a felt hat your wearing ,thats incredible
I've fealt some felt hats before but of all the felt hats I've ever fealt
I've never fealt a felt hat like that felt hat fealt.

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.

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front in
the front of her country cut pettycoat.

Mrs. Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt
Not a punt cut square
Just a square cut punt
It's round in the stern and blunt in the front
Mrs. Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.

Ms. Sylvia Snake, tired of small Sally Snake's hissin' in the pit all day,
told Sally Snake to go to Ms. Pott's pit and hiss a while.
Ms. Pott told Sally Snake to "go back to her own pit and hiss."
"But Mom sent me over here to hiss in your pit." replied Sally Snake.
Sally Snake went back to her own pit to hiss in.
"I told you to go to Ms. Pott's pit and hiss." shouted Mom.
"Ms. Pott told me to come hiss in my own pit." replied Sally Snake." "Well!" scouled Sylvia Snake.
"I remember when Ms. Pott didn't even have a pit to hiss in."

Oh what to do to die today at a minute or two 'til two
A thing distinctly hard to say yet harder still to do
For they'll beat a tattoo at twenty to two
With a rattatta tattatta tattatta too
And the dragon will come when he hears the drum
At a minute or two 'til two today
At a minute or two 'til two.

Once upon a barren moor
there dwelt a bear also a boar
the bear could not bear the boar
the bear thought the bear a bore
At last that bear could bear no more
that boar that bored him on the moor
and so one morn' he bored that boar
that boar will boar no more.

One fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, thay all felt smart.

Our Joe wants to know if your Joe will lend our Joe your Joe's banjo.
If your Joe won't lend our Joe your Joe's banjo,
our Joe won't lend your Joe our Joe's banjo when our Joe has a banjo!

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?





Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter.
Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick

Sammy sitting singing
Sought Suzie Shaw
Since Suzie started sobbing
Sammy's stopped seeking

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.

Slippery Sally slipped on a slippery sea shell
while selling sea shells on the sea shore,
surely you don't think sally slipped on a slippery sea shell
just because she said she did.

'Surely Sylvia swims!' shrieked Sammy, surprised,
'Somebody should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink!'

Thadius Thistle the thistle sifter
While sifting a sieve of unsifted thistles
Thrust three thousand thistles
Threw the thick of his thumb.

To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock
In a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.

When a doctor doctors a doctor,
does the doctor doing the doctoring
doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored
or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor ?

Which is the witch that wished the wicked wish ?
I don't know which witch is whitch.

A big black bug bit a big black bear and the big black bear bled blood.
A Box of Mixed Biscuits and a Biscuit Mixer.

At present you can't marry a peasant however pleasant
the peasant may be.

Big, bulging Bulgarian belle.
Blue black bugs blood.
Black Bugs Bleed Black Blood.
Charles deftly switched straight flange strips.
Bobby brings bright bells.
Chilly chipper children cheerfully chant.
Comet cuddles cute Christmas kittens carefully.
Crisco Crisps Crusts.
Eleven benevolent elephants.
Eleven elves licked eleven little licorice lollipops.
Fanny Finch fried five floundering fish for Francis`s father.
Freshly-fried flying fish.
Friday's Five Fresh Fish Specials.
Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle.
Greek grapes.
Gwen glowered and grimaced at Glen's gleaming greens.

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

Imagined he was a manager of an imaginary Menagerie'.
I need a box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer.
I set on a slited sheet that I slited.
I slit the sheet and the sheet slit me the slit in the sheet was slit by me.
Lemon liniment.
Mrs. Smith's Fish Sauce Shop
Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.

One hedgehog hedged up the hedge,
whilst another hedge hog hedged down.

Red leather, yellow leather!
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Running reindeer romp 'round red wreaths.
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers.
Santa's sack sags slightly.
Santa's sleigh slides on slick snow.
Santa stuffs Stephie's striped stocking.
Seven Santas sang silly songs.
Seven Silly Swans Swam Silently Seaward.

She stood on the balcony inexplicably mimicking him hiccupping
and amicably welcoming him in.

Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.
Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings.
Six quick sneezes, six quick sneezes, six quick sneezes.
Slippery Shawn slid sideway on spikes.
Strong Sharks Sink Ships.
Sunday smiles shine sunny signs of Spring.
Ten tiny tin trains toot ten times.
The big bad baby brought the bought black blanket back.
The epitome of femininity.
The jolly collie swallowed a lollipop.
The Leith police dismisseth us.
The sea ceaseth, but it sufficeth us.



The sick sixth Sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
The sixth Sikh Sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
(Technically, "sheik" should be pronounced like the English
word "shake" -- but that would throw off the rhyme with "sheep."
Try it both ways!)



Three free throws.
Three free thugs set three thugs free.

Three witches watch three watches,
Which witch watched which watch?

Tiny Timmy trims the tall tree with tinsel.
Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, toy boat.
Typing ten-times-tables takes more time than typing ten-times-two.
Twixt this and six thick thistle sticks.

           
Two trains travel together to Toyland.



Unique New York,
You need New York,
You know you need unique new york.

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

Say this out loud:


This is this cat
This is is cat
This is how cat
This is to cat
This is keep cat
This is a cat
This is fool cat
This is busy cat
This is for cat
This is forty cat
This is seconds cat

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Now say out loud the THIRD word in each line,
from the start!

Først på dansk:
Tre hekse ser på tre swatch-ure. Hvilken heks ser på hvilket swatch-ur?

Og nu på engelsk:
Three witches watch three swatch watches. Which witch watch which swatch watch?

These thousand tricky tongue twisters
trip thrillingly off the tongue.





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