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Our *illustrious Faldage was the inspiration for this thread with his nicely put:
"...quoted guest's quote..."
Repeat three times quickly, rinse and spit.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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nice one, eta 
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Toy boat
looks easy don't it? try saying out loud, three time!
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To help out their tragically non-rhotic guest, my friends in San Marino made me practice this tongue twister:
Trentatre trentini entrarono trotterellando
in Trento, tutti e trentatre trotterellando.
After mastering that one, my nonna then rattled off half a dozen others that she had to learn at school, each one designed to practice a certain consonantal construction. I was very taken with the idea of using tongue twisters for a practical purpose, rather than simply for amusement. I did, however, decline to attempt any of the additional ones demonstrated for me.
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the classic one for practices enunciation in NY is
I slit a sheet,
A sheet I slip
Upon a slitted sheet i sit..
that last word,sit, tends to get a sh sound that doesn't belong there.
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A box of biscuits
A box of mixed biscuits
And a biscuit mixer.
This was a favorite when we were children, and I can still do it without saying "biksit". 
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The Leith police dismisseth us.
Supposedly, this was a popular test for drunks which, in those days and I ain't saying anything about nowadays, would have been appropriate in Leith.
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a popular test for drunks
If you can say it you're drunk?
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