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.

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A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar sounds, and can be used as a type of spoken word

By combining the effects of alliteration (repetition of a sound), particularly of similar but not identical sounds, with a phrase designed such that it is made very easy to slip accidentally, these

They serve a practical purpose in practising pronunciation.

1 A tongue-twister is a phrase that is designed to be difficult to articulate properly, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar sounds, and can be used as a type of spoken word game. Some tongue-twisters produce results which are humorous when they are mispronounced, while others simply rely on the confusion and mistakes of the speaker for their amusement value. By combining the effects of alliteration (repetition of a sound), particularly of similar but not identical sounds, with a phrase designed such that it is made very easy to slip accidentally, these sentences and poems can be guaranteed to provide us with lots of fun and laughter. But tongue twisters are not only for light-hearted linguistic fun and games. They serve a practical purpose in practising pronunciation. English tongue twisters may be used by foreign students of English to improve their accent, actors who need to develop a certain accent, and by speech therapists to help those with speech difficulties. 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.

2 Here are some cool English Tongue Twisters, have fun! 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. 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 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? Denise sees the fleece Denise sees the fleas. At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas.

3 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. A Tudor who tooted a flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to their tutor, "Is it harder to toot or to tutor two tooters to toot?" Swan swam over the sea, Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again Well swum, swan! Double bubble gum, bubbles double. 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.

4 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. Any noise annoys an oyster but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more. She saw a fish on the seashore and I'm sure The fish she saw on the seashore was a saw-fish. Cows graze in groves on grass which grows in grooves in groves. A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

5 Luke Luck likes lakes. Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luck's duck licks lakes. Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes. I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream! A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose! How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies. Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter "T". 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. Six slimy snails sailed silently.

6 I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch. Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's. Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town. 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! Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People 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? The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

TONGUE TWISTERS FOR KIDS - CHILDREN'S TONGUE TWISTERS

TONGUE TWISTERS FOR KIDS - CHILDREN'S TONGUE TWISTERS Tongue Twisters it is a phrase or sentence which is hard to speak fast, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar sounds. It