"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick."
I save this one for parties ...
The skunk sat on the stump.
The skunk thunk the stump stunk
and the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
I can say this one perfectly, even with a few drinks under my belt. The stumblebums can not.
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son and I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes.
I know. I'm a terrible person.
Quote from: Jamie D on November 16, 2012, 10:27:37 PM
"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick."
I'm not sure I can even type it! :D
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 16, 2012, 11:02:11 PM
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son and I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant plucker comes.
I know. I'm a terrible person.
That one is
n-a-s-t-y.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flittlejoesbooks.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F04%2Ftonguetwister.jpg&hash=870adfb318c8efbd59a31a2f27ffca8740408221)
Imagine imagining an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.
Three times quickly, if you can ...
Toy boat
Toy boat
Toy boat
It was a red lorry or a yellow lorry
Quote from: Cindy James on November 17, 2012, 03:44:08 AM
It was a red lorry or a yellow lorry
Reminds me of this fashion statement:
Red leather, yellow leather
Red leather, yellow leather
Red leather, yellow leather
I like learning foreign tongue-twisters, because they're easier to say if it's not your own language (and so doesn't challenge your sense of "normal" - so you get to impress people!)
My favourite Finnish one:
Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata pankolla kiehuu ja kuohuu. Pappilan paksuposki piski pisti paksun papukeiton poskeensa.
German:
Der Potsdamer Postkutsche putzt den Kotböser Postkutschkasten.
And Serbian:
Na vrh brda vrba mrda.
Na vrh brda vrba mrda.
That's just so wrong. ;)
Quote from: Jamie D on November 17, 2012, 04:05:02 AM
Na vrh brda vrba mrda.
That's just so wrong. ;)
Apparently: "the willow leans out over the river" - but makes Serbs' heads explode trying to say it.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could
If a woodchuck could chuck wood!
How much pink ink would a pink mink drink,
If a pink Mink could drink Pink Ink?
A pink mink would drink all the Pink Ink
A pink mink could drink if a pink mink could drink pink ink.
Quote from: Jamie D on November 17, 2012, 02:31:56 AM
That one is n-a-s-t-y.
Six Stick Shifts Stuck ShutI feel there should be sufficient incentive not to fail.
As a foreigner to the English language who can barely pronounce English words regularly, I must say that I hate this thread. You're all so evil! :laugh:
Well, give us one in your native language! Por favor
Ok, but these trabalenguas are hard. --> Traba --> Root of trabajar = to work, lengua = tongue --> Trabalengua thus works your tongue. :) --> What you call tongue-twisters.
Poquito a poquito, Paquito empaca poquitas copitas en pocos paquetes. (Little by little, Paquito packs little cups in a few containers.)
Ñoño Yáñez come ñame en las mañanas con el niño. (Ñoño Yáñez eats yams in the morning with the boy.)
Pepe Peña pela papa, pica piña, pita un pito, pica piña, pela papa, Pepe Peña. (Pepe Peña peels potato, chops pineapple, blows a whistle, chops pineapples, peels potato, Pepe Peña)
Well done, Pepe!
Have someone say:
white silk
10 times quickly. Then just before they finish the tenth one ask them:
What does a cow eat?
Most of the time people will answer:
Milk!
Only if they're as dumb as a box of rocks. Oh, wait, wrong thread!
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on November 17, 2012, 05:35:38 PM
Only if they're as dumb as a box of rocks. Oh, wait, wrong thread!
So...you would fall for it then. >:-)
A personal attack? I'll bet on this thread having 5 more minutes before lock-down.
Quote from: Brooke777 on November 17, 2012, 05:45:11 PM
So...you would fall for it then. >:-)
I set myself up for that one!
Quote from: DianaP on November 17, 2012, 05:48:22 PM
A personal attack? I'll bet on this thread having 5 more minutes before lock-down.
That was a joke. She got it. I would never attack anyone on here. I value everyone far too much.
That was a joke. You didn't get it. :P
Quote from: Brooke777 on November 17, 2012, 07:21:16 PM
That was a joke. She got it. I would never attack anyone on here. I value everyone far too much.
Don't bang your head against a brick wall! It's easy as pie to barge right in here and post another fine as wine tongue twister!
When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. You can write good and copyright but copyright doesn't mean copy good - it might not be right good copy, right?
Now, writers of religious services write rite, and thus have the right to copyright the rite they write.
Conservatives write right copy, and have the right to copyright the right copy they write. A right wing cleric might write right rite, and have the right to copyright the right rite he has the right to write. His editor has the job of making the right rite copy right before the copyright would be right. Then it might be copy good copyright.
Should Thom Wright decide to write, then Wright might write right rite, which Wright has a right to copyright. Copying that rite would copy Wright's right rite, and thus violate copyright, so Wright would have the legal right to right the wrong. Right?
Legals write writs which is a right or not write writs right but all writs, copied or not, are writs that are copyright. Judges make writers write writs right.
Advertisers write copy which is copyright the copy writer's company, not the right of the writer to copyright. But the copy written is copyrighted as written, right?
Wrongfully copying a right writ, a right rite or copy is not right.
I just came across this
If Dr. Seuss Were a Technical Writer.....
Here's an easy game to play.
Here's an easy thing to say:
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!
If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!
You can't say this? What a shame, sir!
We'll find you another game, sir.
If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!
When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to ram your rom.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!
from the Unix fortune database, attributed to DementDJ@ccip.perkin-elmer.com in the rec.humor.funny newsgroup
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on November 17, 2012, 05:35:38 PM
Only if they're as dumb as a box of rocks. Oh, wait, wrong thread!
You! OUT!!
Quote from: Incarnadine on November 17, 2012, 07:30:21 PM
Don't bang your head against a brick wall! It's easy as pie to barge right in here and post another fine as wine tongue twister!
When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. You can write good and copyright but copyright doesn't mean copy good - it might not be right good copy, right?
Now, writers of religious services write rite, and thus have the right to copyright the rite they write.
Conservatives write right copy, and have the right to copyright the right copy they write. A right wing cleric might write right rite, and have the right to copyright the right rite he has the right to write. His editor has the job of making the right rite copy right before the copyright would be right. Then it might be copy good copyright.
Should Thom Wright decide to write, then Wright might write right rite, which Wright has a right to copyright. Copying that rite would copy Wright's right rite, and thus violate copyright, so Wright would have the legal right to right the wrong. Right?
Legals write writs which is a right or not write writs right but all writs, copied or not, are writs that are copyright. Judges make writers write writs right.
Advertisers write copy which is copyright the copy writer's company, not the right of the writer to copyright. But the copy written is copyrighted as written, right?
Wrongfully copying a right writ, a right rite or copy is not right.
Noah - RIGHT! (Bill Cosby) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so9o3_daDZw#)
Rubber baby buggy bumpers
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 17, 2012, 11:44:24 AM
Six Stick Shifts Stuck Shut
I feel there should be sufficient incentive not to fail.
Susie sells seashells by the seashore
She sits and shells and sells and sits
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I'm a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I'm the best sheet slitter that ever slit sheets.
Quote from: Padma on November 18, 2012, 03:13:42 AM
I'm a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I'm the best sheet slitter that ever slit sheets.
Which reminds me ...
You know why co-eds
don't like to party at the beach?
They might get sand in their Schlitz.
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2264/3859957863_6b8a87760f.jpg)
I can see this thread is steadily degenerating. Success!
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
Not a punt cut square,
Just a square cut punt.
It's round in the stern and blunt in the front.
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
Quote from: DianaP on November 17, 2012, 12:15:14 PM
As a foreigner to the English language who can barely pronounce English words regularly, I must say that I hate this thread. You're all so evil! :laugh:
We live to serve. >:-)
Here, try this one:
Irish Wristwatch
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
<whistling innocently>
Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
It would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter –
Better than her bitter butter –
And she baked it in her batter;
And the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.
wow this is old thread is old. post anyway.
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Try saying: "Rød grød med fløde." (red porrigde with cream)
its pronouced like this:
Sådan udtaler du rød grød med fløde (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epz2jB3w9Qs#)
good luck. :)
Quote from: Pleasingly Plump Jamie D on November 17, 2012, 03:35:24 AM
Three times quickly, if you can ...
Toy boat
Toy boat
Toy boat
Thats the only one that got me! I always ended up saying "toi boit"
Quote from: Pleasingly Plump Jamie D on November 16, 2012, 10:27:37 PM
"The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick."
As someone with a bit of a lisp this is the stuff nightmares are made out of 0_0
All!
You have NO idea how helpful you have just been!!!
REALLY!!!
You see, I'm currently the stage manager at our local theatre for the performance of "The Emperor's New Clothes". We open on Saturday, come on by and see the show, it'll be really fun!
Anyway, the director asked me to have the actors do vocal warm ups before rehearsal. We normally go through tongue twisters like these. Well, somewhere along the line I lost my vocal training books and was racking my brain trying to remember them.
Well you have done it for me! Thank you all so very much!!
The actors are going to hate these! (heheheheheheh!!!!!)
-Sandy (Hey diddle de dee, and actors life for me!)