tongue twisters
1
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
2
A quick witted cricket critic.
3
IF IF = THEN THEN
THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF;
programming language PL/I by Bruce Walker
4
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Where she sits she shines, and
where she shines she sits.
5
How many boards
Could the
Mongols hoard
If the Mongol hordes got bored?
from the comic Calvin &
Hobbes, by Bill Waterson
6
How can a clam cram in a clean cream
can?
7
Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.
by Raymond Weisling
8
Denise sees the fleece,
Denise sees the
fleas.
At least Denise could sneeze
and feed and freeze the
fleas.
9
Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
by Pierre Abbat
10
Sheena leads, Sheila needs.
11
The thirty-three
thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
12
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
13
Can you can a can as a canner
can can a can?
14
Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick
socks.
15
You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!
From a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson
16
Roberta ran rings around
the Roman ruins.
17
Clean clams crammed in clean
cans.
18
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and
sticks.
19
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.
20
Stupid superstition!
21
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.
22
World Wide Web
23
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
24
Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the
peanut-butter picky people pick.
from a commercial
25
If Stu chews
shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?
26
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
27
Seventy seven benevolent elephants
harder
than it seems
28
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the
other three thieves go through.
29
Santa's Short Suit Shrunk
name of a children's book
30
I was born on a pirate ship
Hold
your tounge while saying it.
31
I scream, you scream, we all scream for
icecream!
32
Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.
33
In 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen.
From the film ""My Fair Lady""
34
One-one was a race
horse.
Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one
too.
35
Eleven benevolent elephants
36
Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...
37
Willy's real rear wheel
David Bowser in Harrisburg, PA
38
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
39
Six sleek swans swam swiftly
southwards
40
Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling
goblins.
41
Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap
cling peaches in an inch of Pinch or framing his famed French finch
photos?
42
Pirates Private Property
43
What
a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible
tongue twister...
44
When you write copy you have the right to
copyright the copy you write. ...
45
A big black bug bit a big
black dog on his big black nose!
by Kitty Morrow
46
Elizabeth's
birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
47
Ann and
Andy's anniversary is in April.
48
Flash message!
49
Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.
50
Hassock hassock,
black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted
hassock.
51
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.
52
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.
53
How much pot,
could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.
54
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.
55
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
56
Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an
twat, to learn the letter ""T"".
57
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.
58
She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so
sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?
59
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
60
Two tried and true
tridents
61
rudder valve reversals
the cause of some plane
crashes
62
Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
If cows
could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.
63
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.
64
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.
65
Thirty-three thirsty,
thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
66
Four furious friends fought for the phone.
67
Plymouth
sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.
68
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
69
Black background, brown
background.
70
Why do you cry, Willy?
Why do you
cry?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy? Why?
71
Very
well, very well, very well ...
72
Tie twine to three tree
twigs.
73
Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared
wrongly in a rural brewery.
74
Mares eat oats and does eat
oats,
and little lambs eat ivy.
A Kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't
you?
75
Three short sword sheaths.
76
Caution: Wide Right Turns
Seen on semi-tractor trailers
77
Rolling red wagons
78
Green glass globes glow
greenly.
79
Robert Wayne Rutter
personal name
80
I
stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him
hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within.
81
When I was in
Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I ever saw, saw. If you've
got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I'd like to see your saw
saw.
82
black back bat
83
The queen in green
screamed.
84
How many berries could a bare berry carry,
if
a bare berry could carry berries?
Well they can't carry berries
(which
could make you very wary)
but a bare berry carried is more scary!
85
What did you have for breakfast?
— rubber balls and
liquor!
What did you have for lunch?
— rubber balls and liquor!
What
did you have for dinner?
— rubber balls and liquor!
— rubber balls and
liquor!
86
Snap Crackel pop,
Snap Crackel pop,
Snap
Crackel pop
87
Six slimy snails sailed silently.
88
I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.
89
Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.
90
Red
Buick, blue Buick
91
Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.
by Matt Duchnowski
92
He threw three balls.
93
The
great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
94
Singing
Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.
95
We're real rear
wheels.
96
Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a
Swiss wristwatch.
97
I wish to wash my Irish
wristwatch.
98
Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie
ear.
99
On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray
eraser.
100
Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.