Tongue Twisters
A tongue twister is a phrase, sentence or rhyme that presents difficulties when spoken because it contains similar sounds - Whistle for the thistle sifter, for example. To get the full effect of a tongue twister you should try to repeat it several times, as quickly as possible, without stumbling or mispronouncing.
Tongue twisters have long been a popular form of wordplay, particularly for schoolchildren, but they also have a more serious side - being used in elocution teaching and in the treatment of some speech defects.
The collection of funny tongue twisters presented here, however, is purely for entertainment, and consists of many old favorites as well as some new ones - try to tackle tricksy tongue twisters today!
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.
Are our oars oak?
Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
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
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.
Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.
A dozen double damask dinner napkins.
Draw drowsy ducks and drakes.
Fat frogs flying past fast.
A fat thrush flies through thick fog.
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.
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.
Tongue twisters have long been a popular form of wordplay, particularly for schoolchildren, but they also have a more serious side - being used in elocution teaching and in the treatment of some speech defects.
The collection of funny tongue twisters presented here, however, is purely for entertainment, and consists of many old favorites as well as some new ones - try to tackle tricksy tongue twisters today!
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.
Are our oars oak?
Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
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
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.
Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.
A dozen double damask dinner napkins.
Draw drowsy ducks and drakes.
Fat frogs flying past fast.
A fat thrush flies through thick fog.
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.
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.
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