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I like this one from Gilbert and Sullivan (actually a song, of course!):
To sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock,
In a pestilential prison with a life-long lock.
Awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock,
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.
a bit difficult:
She makes a proper cup of coffee in a copper coffee pot.
I find this one quite difficult:
The sea ceaseth and sufficeth us.
(try to say it out loud a couple of times without looking)
and silly:
Odd birds always gobble green almonds in the autumn.
Red lorry, Yellow lorry. Try saying it several times very quickly...
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore;
I'm sure that the shells that she sells are sea-shells
Because she sells them on the sea-shore.
Round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Sara x
Eight aesthetic artists sat eating apricots. (APE-ri-cots)
Intermediate :
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?
Advanced :
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
scioglilingua.
Literally it means something that unties your tongue.
Just an Italian one:
Sopra la panca la capra campa, sotto la panca la capra crepa.
Over the bench the goat lives, under the bench the goat dies.
It's on the same page as "Peter Piper" but didn't come down to us...I'd love to bring it back, and here's a chance for me to give it some new life! It's fun!
THE TWISTER TWISTING
When a twister twisting would twist him a twist,
For twisting his twist three twists he will twist;
But if one of his twists untwists from the twist,
The twist untwisting untwists the twist.
And some more modern offerings:
Toy boat. (3 x fast!)
Unique New York. (3 x fast!) ....of troy?
The soldier's shoulder was sore. (3 x fast)
Rubber baby buggy bumpers. (3 x fast)
The big black bug bled black blood. (3 x fast)
But the most formidable of all to my experience is the following...we used to have people going on this, trying to say it just once at normal speed, for hours...even though it's supposed to be said 3 x fast:
A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits, and a biscuit mixer. Good luck!
LE CORDIER CORDANT
Quand un cordier cordant veut accorder sa corde
Pour sa corde accorder trois cordons il accorde,
Mais si l'un des cordons de la corde dècorde,
Le cordon décordant fait decorder la corde.
Please Note: "decorde" and "decordant" take annunciation marks above the prefix "de"...I don't know how to make that happen. But thanks to Max I found out and fixed it!
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