Tongue Twisters
Say 'em slow and steal the show. Say 'em fast and you're gonna crash! But who cares? Have a blast!
Start out slowly with this one:
Esau Wood sawed wood. Esau Wood would saw wood. Oh, the wood Wood would saw! All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would saw. In other words, all the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day Wood's wood-saw would saw no wood. Hence all the wood Wood would saw was not the wood Wood would saw if Wood's wood-saw would saw wood. Now Wood would saw wood with a wood-saw that would saw wood, so Esau sought a saw that would saw wood. One day Esau saw a saw saw as no other wood-saw would saw. In fact, of all the wood-saws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a saw saw as the wood-saw Wood saw would saw. And I never saw a saw saw as the wood-saw Wood saw would saw until I saw Esau saw wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood. Now, Wood saws wood with the wood-saw Wood saw saw wood.
--Tongue Twisters and Tricky Tanglers by Duncan Emrich
If an eagle sees a bagel
And the bagel's on a platter
And the eater of the bagel has his tea poured by a hatter
While the bird devours the doughnut,
It's a swooping bagel eagle.
If the eater is a model
And the bagel eagle swoopeth,
But the model fights the eagle,
That's a bagel eagle model battle.
And if the model models girdles,
And the model's own pet poodle
Is too frightened by the battle
And piddles on the pavement
And the piddle forms a puddle
Which the fighters then splash over,
That's a bagel eagle girdle model poodle piddle puddle battle.
BUT if a new law student's beagle
With a pasta serving scooper
Legislates over the battle,
That's a bagel eagle girdle model poodle piddle puddle battle's latent legal beagle noodle ladle MUDDLE
(Thanks to wertperch at everything2.com)
Another old one: Say "terrified tissue" quickly five times.
Best effect obtained when used with 7th grade boys.
bravo!
A tree toad loved a she-toad who lived up in a tree. He was a two-toed tree toad but a three-toed toad was she. The two-toed tree toad tried to win the three-toed she-toad's heart, for the two-toed tree toad loved the ground that the three-toed tree toad trod. But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain. He couldn't please her whim. From her tree toad bower with her three-toed power the she-toad vetoed him.
preshrunk shirts
say "peggy babcock" a few times in a row as fast as you can...
Mr. See and Mr. Soar were old friends. See owned a saw and Soar owned a seesaw. Now See saw Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See's saw, which made Soar sore because See sawed Soar's seesaw. Had Soar seen See's saw before See saw Soar's seesaw, then See's saw wouldn't have sawed Soar's seesaw. But when See saw Soar and Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See's saw, he sawed Soar's seesaw. T'was a shame to see Soar sore because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years?
How many berries could a bare berry carry, if a bare berry could carry berries? Well they can't carry berries (which could make you very wary) but a bare berry carried is more scary!
Ere Irene eyed, idly, the eerie eyrie of einkorn, Erie Errol's egretiously errant eruction erased the illicitly itinerant eidolon's elected ellipse eclipse.
How many cans can a cannibal nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans? A cannibal can nibble all the cans he can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.
How many tall tales will a tall teller tell when a tall teller tells tall tales?