Questions tagged [tongue-twisters]

For questions about tongue twisters, which are alliterative sentences designed to be difficult to pronounce fluently and fluidly. A famous example is 'she sells seashells by the seashore'.

Use this tag for questions about tongue twisters. Defined simply, tongue twisters are sentences contrived to be difficult to read aloud quickly. They often use alliteration, assonance, and consonance in order to cause readers to stumble or muddle the words.

Some are long:

Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,
Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles.
If Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter,
Sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles,
Where is the sieve of un-sifted thistles
Theophilus Thistle, the Thistle Sifter, sifted?

Some are shorter:

  • Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
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  • Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
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Looking for a limerick, tongue twister or haiku

Has anyone come across a limerick, tongue twister or hai ku relating to the following words? pear, pair, pare Or does anyone want to make an attempt, something along the lines of "woodchuck chuck" or "which witch"
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Rubber baby buggy bumpers

Can someone explain the meaning of the following tongue twister:Rubber baby buggy bumpers? I am familiar with the meaning of individual words, but am still not sure that I get the meaning of the whole phrase? Thanks in advance.
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schwa and /æ/ in 'can you can a can as a canner can can a can'

Can somebody tell me when the sounds 'schwa' and /æ/ are used in the following tongue twister: Can you can a can as a canner can can a can.
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Tongue Twisters

Why are tongue twisters difficult (slower) to read aloud than non-twisters? Why would reading twisters silently continue to be difficult?
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