Peter Piper picked a peck of… Peter Piper pecked a pick… Never mind; you get the point.Tongue Twister Day is about fumbling through those awkward phrases in an attempt to improve annunciation and impress your friends.
‘The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick,’ is recorded as the most difficult one by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Try these simple ones:
Allie’s alligator ate apples.
Bobby’s brother bought beautiful bowls.
Carter carried carrots carefully.
Donna danced during dinner.
Earlene eagerly eats eel.
Fred fell feet first.
George gladly goes golfing.
Haddie has hot hamburgers.
Ida itches in Idaho.
Jackie joyfully jumps Jupiter.
Karla kept kicking kangaroos.
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Or, would you like something more difficult?
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.
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?
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.
Now, listen and repeat:
How many cans can a canner can, if a canner can can cans?
A canner can can as many cans as a canner can, if a canner can can cans.
I love these tongue twisters, thank you! Here's another one:
ReplyDeleteHappy Harry had an angry aunt
who had a horrible hungry insect,
and when Happy Harry hurried,
his angry aunt’s horrible hungry insect
hurried along behind.