Tongue Twisters

[Maestro]

So, being in Theatre classes at school, my articulation skills are constantly tested. Because of this, I've learned many tongue twisters. Some of the simplest ones are the hardest to say, such as 'Red leather, yellow leather'. One I used to do was a poem that supposedly incorporated every sound in the English language, although I cant remember who wrote it...

So, what are some of your favorite tongue twisters?

 

[D'Snowth]

Say "toy boat" three times real fast.

 

[Maestro]

I can't!

 

[Fragglemuppet]

Nor can I, and it sounds so easy too! I've never heard of "red leather yellow leather" before.
I've never cared for toung twisters; I think I would fail that class!
I never thought of a theater class as including articulation training and testing, but it makes perfect sense!
So, do you remember that poem that supposedly included every sound in the English language?

 

[Maestro]

After a little research, I found it. It's lyrics from the song "I am so proud" from Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado:

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!
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Whether or not it contains all the sounds in the English language, I do not know, but I seem to remember being told that anyway...

 

[Xerus]

Here are some of my own tongue twisters.


Vile Kyle likes Lively Violet.

The rocky wobbly road.

The plumber's paper plate.

The shrew sees his shadow.

Clumps of clutter.

 

[Skye]

xasdsxor mdm sinfaksnm krijta adskjdisj dsi dskdsss fsdskldsko.

(Translation: I would say something, but my tongue is twisted around my head!)

Great tongue twisters, you guys! I love trying to do 'em!

 

[Pork]

I'm frustrated, That TOY BOAT one is making me so annoyed. I just can't do it, my brain knows what to do but my tongue will not obey! *cranky sigh*

 

[Maestro]

Here are some of my own tongue twisters.


Vile Kyle likes Lively Violet.

The rocky wobbly road.

The plumber's paper plate.

The shrew sees his shadow.

Clumps of clutter.

I like those! The only one I really had trouble with was 'The shrew sees his shadow', but I got the others after a try or two.

And finally, after nearly nonstop practice, I can finally say 'toy boat' three times fast!

 

[Gold Demona]

Here's some in order of length. =D

Stupid superstition!

Santa's Short Suit Shrunk

Sheena leads, Sheila needs.

Coy knows pseudonoise codes.

She sells sea shells by the seashore.

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?

The teeny tiny train traveled through the rain, down the twisted tricky track.

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.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses but Moses supposes erroneously. If toeses were roses (as Moses supposes) then toeses and noses together would be.

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.