Monday, March 12, 2007

Tongue-twisters

Funny how lots of actions and even our body parts need practice or exercise but strangely the tongue is one that doesn't. Ever wondered about it? Anyway, if you do need to practise the tongue, here are some twisters.

1. 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!

2. 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.

3. Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

4. A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.

5. Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People

6. If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

7. 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.

8. Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"

9.Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and called to MrOutside inside.

Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from inside and Told Mr Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO", and told Mr Outside to come outside.

Mr Outside and Mr Inside argued from inside and outside about going outside or coming inside. Finally, Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come inside, then both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.

10. SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS, ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES

11. The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.

12. 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 doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

"When a doctor falls ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"

13. We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we like it or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot.

Whether the weather is cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.

14. Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.

15 .A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the flea" Let us fly Said the fly"Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in the flue

16.If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as tongue-twister twists tongues.

17. 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.....

6 comments:

  1. Wa thanks, now I'm short of breath. :D

    Nice exercise. Got stuck on #6 most.

    Nice fun post!

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  2. I died halfway. ^_^

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  3. Furkids, yeah that one, #6 is quite a twister. I think reading these are not too bad, it's the comprehension that's baffling. I'm still wondering about #11. Glad you enjoyed them.

    YD, lol!

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  4. Oh, I love tongue twisters! Here's a couple more - a bad one, and a deceptively simple one:

    Bad one, to be extra careful with (especially around li'l kids, and in quiet, respectable offices)

    I am a mother pheasant plucker
    I pluck mother pheasants.
    I am the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker e'er plucked a mother pheasant.

    caaaaaaareful!

    A simpler one that was simply the name of an ice cream bar I used to like when I was a kid - 5 times fast, or 'til your tongue tangles, whichever comes first:

    Milk Nickel.

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  5. I love tongue twisters too!
    But when I read till the end no.17, my tongue got twisted. ;-p

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  6. Bonnie, lol! That's a good one. I remember someone volunteered this too earlier. Was it you, MM or PandaB?

    Milk Nickel, yeah, deceptively simple.

    PP, lol!

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