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Tongue twister
The seething sea ceaseth and thus the seething sea sufficeth us.
The above example has been claimed to be the most difficult of common English tongue twisters by
William Poundstone.
Some of the other popular tongue twisters in the English language are:
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure.
For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore
Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.
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?
Betty Botter bought a bit of butter.
The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter
And made her batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter makes better batter.
So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
Making Betty Botter's bitter batter better
Which witch wished which wicked wish?
Shep Schwab shopped at Scotts Schnapps shop,
One shot of Scotts Schnapps stopped Schwabs watch.
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
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