TOUNGUE
TWISTERS
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With
stoutest wrists and loudest boasts, He thrusts his fist against the posts And
still insists he sees the ghosts.
Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from
the big bazaar.
Betty better butter Brad's bread.
Betty Botter bought some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I bake this bitter
butter, It will 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.
A big black bug bit a big black bear, made
the big black bear bleed blood.
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!"
Black bug's blood.
The blue bluebird blinks.
The bootblack bought the black boot back.
A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits.
Brad's big black bath brush broke.
Peter bought a
butter, The butter Peter bought was bitter, So Peter Bought A better butter, To
make the bitter butter better.
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.
Can
you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary
menagerie?
Cedar shingles should be shaved and saved.
A cheap ship trip.
Chop shops stock chops.
Comical economists.
Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in
grooves in groves.
Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.
The crow flew over the river with a lump of
raw liver.
A dozen double damask dinner napkins.
Draw drowsy ducks and drakes.
Ed had edited it.
The epitome of femininity.
Fat frogs flying past fast.
Flash message!
Flee from fog to fight flu fast!
Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread.
Freshly fried flying fish, freshly fried
flesh.
Friendly Frank flips fine flapjacks.
Gertie's great-grandma grew aghast at
Gertie's grammar.
Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle.
Give me the gift of a griptop sock: a
drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock.
Give Mr. Snipe's wife's knife a swipe.
Good blood, bad blood.
Greek grapes.
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.
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!"
I can think of six thin things and of six
thick things too.
I correctly recollect Rebecca MacGregor's
reckoning.
If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot To talk
ere the tot could totter, Ought the Hottenton tot
Be taught to say aught, or naught, Or what
ought to be taught her? If to hoot and to toot a Hottentot tot Be taught by her
Hottentot tutor, Ought the tutor get hot If the Hottentot tot
Hoot and toot at her Hottentot tutor?
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?
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the
shoes he chews?
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the
pheasant plucker's mate. I'm only plucking pheasants
'Cause the pheasant plucker's late.
Inchworms itching.
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.
Irish wristwatch.
I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau, he saw
me, and she saw I saw Esau.
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on
the slitted sheet I sit.
Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir?
I thought a thought But the thought I thought
Was not the thought I thought I thought.
Knapsack straps.
Kris Kringle carefully crunched on candy
canes.
A laurel-crowned clown.
The Leith police dismisseth us.
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather
better.
Lily ladles little Letty's lentil soup.
Listen to the local yokel yodel.
Lovely lemon liniment.
Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
The minx mixed a medicinal mixture.
Mixed biscuits.
Mix, Miss, Mix!
Moose noshing much mush.
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!
My dame hath a lame tame crane, My dame hath
a crane that is lame.
The myth of Miss Muffet.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
The ochre ogre ogled the poker.
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.
Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos.
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.
One-One was a racehorse; Two-Two was one,
too. When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one, too. On mules we find two legs
behind And two we find before. We stand behind before we find What those behind
be for.
Pacific Lithograph.
Peggy Babcock.
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?
Pick a partner and practice passing, for if
you pass proficiently, perhaps you'll play professionally.
Plague-bearing prairie dogs.
A pleasant place to place a plaice is a place
where a plaice is pleased to be placed.
Please pay promptly.
Pope Sixtus VI's six texts.
Preshrunk silk shirts.
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.
A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper
coffee pot.
Quick kiss. Quicker kiss.
Red leather, yellow leather.
Red lorry, yellow lorry.
Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her
back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers.
Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.
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.
The sawingest saw I ever saw saw was the saw
I saw saw in Arkansas.
Say this sharply, say this sweetly; Say this
shortly, say this softly; Say this sixteen times in succession.
Selfish shellfish.
Shelter for six sick scenic sightseers.
She sells seashells on the seashore. The
shells she sells are seashells, I'm sure.
She stood on the balcony inexplicably
mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him home.
She was a thistle sifter and sifted thistles
through a thistle sieve.
Shredded Swiss cheese.
Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.
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.
Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter, seized his
knees, and sneezed.
The sinking steamer sank.
Sixish. Sixish. Sixish.
Six sharp smart sharks.
Six shimmering sharks sharply striking shins.
Six short slow shepherds.
Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings.
Six slippery snails slid slowly seaward.
Six sticky sucker sticks.
The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
Six twin-screwed steel steam cruisers.
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump
stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
Sly Sam slurps Sally's soup.
The soldiers should have shooters on their
shoulders. Some shun sunshine.
Strange strategic statistics.
Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch slickly
snared six sickly silky snakes.
"Surely Sylvia swims!" shrieked
Sammy, surprised. "Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall
not sink."
Sure the ship's shipshape, sir.
Susan shineth shoes and socks; Socks and
shoes shines Susan. She ceases shining shoes and socks,
For shoes and socks shock Susan.
Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again. Well swum, swan!
That bloke's back bike brake-block broke.
Thieves seize skis.
Three free throws.
Three gray geese in the green grass grazing.
Gray were the geese and green was the grass.
Three twigs twined tightly.
Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.
Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat.
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.
A truly rural frugal ruler's mural.
A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor
two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor:
"Is it harder to toot or To tutor two
tooters to toot?"
Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
Two toads, totally tired.
The two-twenty-two train tore through the
tunnel.
Unique New York.
Vincent vowed vengence very vehemently.
We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
What noise annoys a noisy oyster? A noisy
noise annoys a noisy oyster.
What time does the wristwatch strap shop shut?
When a twister a-twisting will twist him a
twist, For the twisting a twist, he three twines will
entwist; But if one of the twines of the
twist do untwist, The twine that untwisteth untwisteth the twist.
Which switch, Miss, is the right switch for
Ipswich, Miss?
Which witch wished which wicked wish?
Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
While we were walking, we were watching
window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.
Whistle for the thistle sifter.
White eraser? Right away, sir!
Which
witch wished which wicked wish?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of
pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pick! led peppers, where's the peck of pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked?
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.
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'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.
A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
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!"
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!
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 sack.
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!
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.
Sounding by sound is a sound method of
sounding sounds.
A sailor went to sea to see, what he could
see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People,
Purple Paper People.
If two witches were watching two watches,
which witch would watch which watch?
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.
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?"
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, and then both Mr.
Outside and Mr. Inside went outside to the riverside.
She Sells Sea Shells On The Sea Shore, But
The Sea Shells That She Sells, On The Sea Shore Are Not The Real Ones
The owner of the inside inn was inside his
inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.
If one doctor doctors another doctor does the
doctor who doctors the doctor, doctor the doctor the way the doctor 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"
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.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
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.
If you tell Tom to tell a tongue twister his
tongue will be twisted as Tongue twister twists tongues.
Are our oars oak?
Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal
ran.
Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp
under ramp lamps.
A fat thrush flies through thick fog.
You've no need to light a night-light. On a
light night like tonight, For a night-light's light's a slight light, And
tonight's a night that's light. When a night's light, like tonight's light, It
is really not quite right. To light night-lights with their slight lights. On a
light night like tonight.
