March 18, 2012

Tongue Twisters

When I was growing up my grandpa love to teach us kids tongue twisters. They still fascinate me today. I don't know why it's so hard for us to articulate these properly; I guess it's just part of language.

The following twister won the "grand prize" in a contest in Games Magazine in 1979:

Shep Schwab shopped at Scott's Schnapps shop;
One shot of Scott's Schnapps stopped Schwab's watch.

These next two are favorites of mine taught to me by grandpa:
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumper.
Red Leather, Yellow Leather.

My friends this weekend told me a new one:
Irish wristwatch.

What are some of the best that you know?

6 comments:

Sean said...

I slit her sheets. Her sheets I slit. Now she sleeps on slitted sheets.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son; and I'm sitting plucking pheasants til the pheasant plucking's done.

BadgerBear said...

! Sean beat me to them :-D !!

Cubby said...

I love the Irish one. I can't say it no matter how hard I try. I even waited 10 seconds between the two words and I STILL couldn't say it!

Nik_TheGreek said...

I'm terrible at these. With my Greek accent, it all sounds the same...

anne marie in philly said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFxWkUkUsQA

this post reminds me of this film clip.

and DAYUM, but isn't sean marvy?

Greg said...

Betty Botter bought some butter, but it made her batter bitter.

Or

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.