Tongue-Twisters

The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.

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Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

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Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

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Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

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The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.

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Black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black bug bit?

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The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.

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If a white chalk chalks on a black blackboard,
Will a black chalk chalk on a white blackboard?

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Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen.

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Six silver swans swam silently seaward.

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Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.

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King Kong kissed Queen Kate.

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Cheap ship trip.

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We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

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The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.

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We surely shall see the sun shine soon.

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Pretty Kitty Creighton had a cotton batten cat.
The cotton batten cat was bitten by a rat.
The kitten that was bitten had a button for an eye,
And biting off the button made the cotton batten fly.

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Say this sharply, say this sweetly,
Say this shortly, say this softly.
Say this sixteen times in succession.

B

A big black bug bit a big black bear, made the big black bear bleed blood.

B

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

B-TT

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

B-TT

Betty Better bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better."
So she bought a bit of better butter and made her bitter batter better.

Bl-Bee

One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.

Ea

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

F

There was a young fisher named Fisher who fished for a fish in a fissure.

F

The fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in; now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer.

Fl

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue. Said the flea, "Let us fly!" Said the fly, "Let us flee!" So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

Gr-G

Great gray goats

M-N-G

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

Oi-Oy

What noise annoys an oyster most?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

Ow

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

Pe-Pi

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?

R-Wh

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

S-Sh

The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

S-W-Ch

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

Sh

Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.

Sh-S-Sl

She sees seas slapping shores.

Si-Sea

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

Si-Sh

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

Si-St

Six stick shifts stuck shut.

Sl-Sh

I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit.

St-Sk-Th

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk (thought) the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

Sw

Swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim! Swan swam back again. Well swum, swan!

T

The two-twenty-two train tore through the tunnel.

T-W-Ch

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

Tw

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

Tw-Th

A twister of twists once twisted a twist.
and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist,
would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.

W-Ch-Sh-Ck

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

W-One

One-One was a racehorse; Two-Two was one, too.
When One-One won one race, Two-Two won one, too.