Introduction

Tongue twister is a phrase or sentence which is hard to speak fast, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar sounds. It helps develop speech skills & helps in speech therapy. 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.

English Tongue Twisters

A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies. I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw. Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said "this butter's bitter! But a bit of better butter will but make my butter better" So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, and it made her butter better so itwas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter! If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand". How do I understand that you understand? Understand! I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you. Red bulb blue blub red bulb blue bulb 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. Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds. Double bubble gum, bubbles double gum. If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch? I thought a thought.

But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! She sells sea shells sea shells on the sea shore

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 the doctor doctors the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

Hindi tongue twisters

Kaccha papad, pakka papad. Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho samajh samajhna bhi ek samajh he samajh samajh ke jo na samjhe meri samajh me woh na samajh he Chandu ki chacha ne chandu ki chachi ko chandni chonk me chandi ke chamach se chatni chatai. Khadak Singh ke khadakane se khadakati hain khidkiyan, khidkiyon ke khadakane se khadakata hai Khadak Singh.

Ek ooncha oont hai, Poochh oonchi oont ki Poochh se bhi oonchi kya, Peeth oonchi oont ki. Madan, mohan, malveya madras mein machhli maarte maarte mare. Chaar Kachari Kachche Chacha, Chaar Kachari Pakke. Pakki Kachari Kachche Chacha, Kachchi Kachari Pakke. Lala Gope Gopal Gopaggam Daas. Dubey dubai mein doob gaya. Nandu ke Nana Ne Nandu ki Nani ko Nand Nagari me Nagin dikhaie. Pital ke patile mein papita pila pila.

Nandangarh mein, Nandu ke Naana ne, Nandu ki Naani ko,

Nadiya kinare, Neem ke neeche, Neeni karayi. Chanda chamke cham cham, cheekhe chaukanna chor, chiti chaate chini, chakori chini khor I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slit sheet I sit. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? How many cars can a carpark park if a carpark could park cars? Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry Six thick thistle sticks. A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.

Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho. Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samajhna hi samajh hai. Jo samajh ko samajh kar bhi na samajhe Voh....kya hai? Nasamajh hai. tola ram tala tol ke tel mein tul gaya tula hua tola tale ke tale hue tel mein tala gaya

Rhymes and poems

I slit the sheet, The sheet I slit and on the slitted sheet I sit. Sister Suzie's sewing socks for soldiers Sock for soilders sister Suzie sews, If sister Suzie's sewing socks for soldiers, Where're the socks for soldiers sister Suzie sews? Sarah, Sarah, sits in her Chevrolet. When she shifts she sips her Schlitz, and when she sips her Schlitz she shifts. A canner can can anything that he can, But a canner can't can a can, can he? A certain young fellow named Beebee Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe"But," he said. "I must see What the minister's fee be Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee" To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock In a pestilential prison with a lifelong lock Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck If a woodchuck would chuck wood. How much Zen would a Zen master master if Zen master could master all the Zen? A Zen master would master all the Zen he could master if a Zen master should master all the Zen One smart fellow, he felt smart Two smart fellows, they felt smart Three smart fellows, they all felt smart 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 How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? A tutor who tooted the flute Tried to tutor two tooters to toot Said the two to the tutor"Is it tougher to toot Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

A mother to her son did utter"Go, my son, and shut the shutter""The shutter's shut" the son did utter"I cannot shut it any shutter!"

Tongue-Twister Limericks!
A flea and fly in a flue, Were imprisoned so what could they do? Said the flea let us fly. Said the fly let us flee. So they flew through a flaw in the flue. Contributed by Paul Ogden, Israel A tutor who tooted a flute, Tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor,"Is it harder to toot, or To tutor two tooters to toot?" Submitted by Chris DeSantis More G-Rated Limericks

Phrases to be repeated rapidly

A cricket critic A black bug's blood Irish wristwatch Legend tripping Liril Red lorry, yellow lorry Variants Red leather, yellow leather Red welly, yellow welly Road-roller Upper roller, lower roller Rubber baby buggy bumpers Toy boat Unique New York Stupid Superstition

Other phrases
A Kentukian named Knott could not knit, so Knott invented a knitter called the Knott Knitter, but the Knott Knitter would not knit knots. One day while Knott was not knitting on the Knott Knitter, Knott invented an attachment for the Knott Knitter called the Knott Knitter Knotter. When Knott attached the Knott Knitter Knotter to the Knott Knitter, no man could knit knots like Knott knit on the Knott Knitter. Thank you Vicki Hobbs Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead. "Are you copper-bottoming 'em my man?" "No, I'm aluminuming 'em ma'am." The black bloke's back brake block broke. A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts. Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie. I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit. The Leith police dismisseth thee. The Leith police dismisseth us. A proper cup of coffee from a copper coffee pot Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran. The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick. "We reweave rips" (A sign in the window of a tailor's shop.) The winkle ship sank and the shrimp ship swam. An old seabear sits on the pier and drinks a pint of beer. Three sweet switched Swiss witches watch three washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switches. Which sweet switched Swiss witch watches which washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switch? One was a racehorse, Two was one too. One won a race, Two won one too.