Native speaker please. You can choose one or several tongue-twisters.
Give me the gift of a grip top sock:
a drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock.
Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn,
and twit an twat, to learn the letter T.
Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.
She sifted thistles through her thistle-sifter.
Bobby Bippy bought a bat.
Bobby Bippy bought a ball.
With his bat Bob banged the ball
Banged it bump against the wall
But so boldly Bobby banged it
That he burst his rubber ball
Boo! cried Bobby
Bad luck ball
Bad luck Bobby, bad luck ball
Now to drown his many troubles
Bobby Bippy's blowing bubbles.
On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.
My dame hath a lame tame crane,
My dame hath a crane that is lame.
Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me.
My mother's making me marry Mary Mac.
Will I always be so Merry when Mary's taking care of me?
Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?
If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor
who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the
doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor
the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?
I'm not the fig plucker,
I'm the fig plucker's son,
but I'll pluck your figs
till the fig plucker comes.
If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker,
It's slick to stick a lock upon your stock,
Or some stickler who is slicker
Will stick you of your liquor
If you fail to lock your liquor
With a lock!
One-One was a racehorse.
Two-Two was one, too.
When One-One won one race,
Two-Two won one, too.
Say this sharply, say this sweetly,
Say this shortly, say this softly.
Say this sixteen times in succession.
Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
shilly-shallied south.
These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;
sheep should sleep in a shed.
Strict strong stringy Stephen Stretch
slickly snared six sickly silky snakes.
Three gray geese in the green grass grazing.
Gray were the geese and green was the grass.
The ochre ogre ogled the poker.
While we were walking, we were watching window washers
wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.
"Surely Sylvia swims!" shrieked Sammy, surprised.
"Someone should show Sylvia some strokes so she shall not sink."
A Tudor who tooted a flute
tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to their tutor,
"Is it harder to toot
or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
Susan shineth shoes and socks;
socks and shoes shines Susan.
She ceased shining shoes and socks,
for shoes and socks shock Susan.
A big black bug bit a big black bear,
made the big black bear bleed blood.
Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.
A bad beginning makes a bad ending
A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
Sorry the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery.
The boot black bought the black boot back.
Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?
How many cans can a cannibal nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans?
As many cans as a cannibal can nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans.
A bitter biting bittern
Bit a better brother bittern,
And the bitter better bittern
Bit the bitter biter back.
And the bitter bittern, bitten,
By the better bitten bittern,
Said: "I'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"
The soldiers shouldered shooters on their shoulders.
You've no need to light a night-light
On a light night like tonight,
For a night-light's light's a slight light,
And tonight's a night that's light.
When a night's light, like tonight's light,
It is really not quite right
To light night-lights with their slight lights
On a light night like tonight.
A box of biscuits, a batch of mixed biscuits
The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.
A bloke's back bike brake block broke.
Shelter for six sick scenic sightseers.
Of all the felt I ever felt,
I never felt a piece of felt
which felt as fine as that felt felt,
when first I felt that felt hat's felt.
Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.
Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.
Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar.
Six shimmering sharks sharply striking shins.
Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.
Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.
Betty better butter Brad's bread.
She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa.
But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa?
Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.
Don't pamper damp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.
The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.
Ed had edited it.
Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
Fat frogs flying past fast.
Sarah saw a shot-silk sash shop full of shot-silk sashes
as the sunshine shone on the side of the shot-silk sash shop.
Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.
There was a young fisher named Fischer
Who fished for a fish in a fissure.
The fish with a grin,
Pulled the fisherman in;
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer.
The crow flew over the river
with a lump of raw liver.
Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.
Sly Sam slurps Sally's soup.
Six sick slick slim sycamore saplings.
A bully is always a coward
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Strange strategic statistics.
A burnt child dreads the fire
Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her
back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers.
Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward.
Thieves seize skis.
How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.
A cat has nine lives
A cat may look at a king
As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.
Whereat with blade,
with bloody, blameful blade,
he bravely broached his boiling bloody breast.
Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.
While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.
Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry.
A pleasant place to place a plaice is a place
where a plaice is pleased to be placed.
Why do you cry, Willy?
Why do you cry?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy? Why?
Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle
Thin grippy thick slippery.
Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...
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.
Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they felt smart.
Black background, brown background.
Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.
A child may have too much of his mother's blessing
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thick, say it quick!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Don't eat with your mouth full!
There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad,
and a three toed, he toad, tree toad...
When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw
I ever saw, saw. If you've got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I'd like to see your saw saw.
A clean hand wants no washing.
A close mouth catches no flies.
A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts,
with stoutest wrists and loudest boasts,
he thrusts his fist against the posts
and still insists he sees the ghosts.
The queen in green screamed.
Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers.
A cock is valiant on its own hill.
She stood on the balcony
inexplicably mimicing him hiccupping,
and amicably welcoming him home.
A creaking door hangs long on its hinges.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
There those thousand thinkers were thinking
where did those other three thieves go through.
A fault confessed is half redressed
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.
The blue bluebird blinks.
Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
If cows could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.
A fool and this money are soon parted
A fool at forty is a fool indeed
A fool may ask more questions than a wise man can answer
A fool's bolt is con shot
A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed
gradually giving gophers gooey guts.
Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.
Flee from fog to fight flu fast!
A good beginning is half the battle
Friendly Frank flips fine flapjacks.
A gift in the hand is better than two promises
Are our oars oak?
A good dog deserves a good bone
Fresh French fried fly fritters.
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
A lusty lady loved a lawyer
and longed to lure him from his laboratory.
Sarah sitting in her Chevrolet,
All she does is sits and shifts,
All she does is sits and shifts.
How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground?
A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground.
A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,
but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.
Give Mr. Snipa's wife's knife a swipe.
Suddenly swerving, seven small swans
Swam silently southward,
Seeing six swift sailboats
Sailing sedately seaward.
When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw
I ever saw, saw. If you've got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then I'd like to see your saw saw.
Freshly fried fresh flesh.
A pessimistic pest exists amidst us
A twister of twists once twisted a twist;
A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.
If you understand, say understand.
If you don't understand, say don't understand.
But if you understand and say don't understand.
how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?
The sawingest saw I ever saw saw
was the saw I saw saw in Arkansas
Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock.
Four furious friends fought for the phone.
Black bug's blood.
Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.
Brad's big black bath brush broke.
Cheap ship trip.
Crisp crusts crackle crunchily.
Brent Spence Bridge
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge.
Chop shops stock chops.
Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood...
Cedar shingles should be shaved and saved.
Gertie's great-grandma grew aghast at Gertie's grammar.
Swan swam over the sea,
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again
Well swum, swan!
Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ...
Love's a feeling you feel when you feel
you're going to feel the feeling you've never felt before.
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
How much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel
if a canny canonball can cram caramel in a camel?
Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle.
Green glass globes glow greenly.
Two Truckee truckers truculently truckling
to have truck to truck two trucks of truck.
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!
I am not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's running late.
Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.
I cannot bear to see a bear
Bear down upon a hare.
When bare of hair he strips the hare,
Right there I cry, "Forbear!"
Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos.
I'm a saw cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a saw cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a saw cutter and I cut socks.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Many an anemone sees an enemy anemone.
Pete's pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas
for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.
Listen to the local yokel yodel.
Pick a partner and practice passing,
for if you pass proficiently,
perhaps you'll play professionally.
Mairzy doats, and dozy doats, and liddalamzy divy.
Akiddly divy too, wouldn't you?
I correctly recollect Rebecca MacGregor's reckoning.
On mules we find two legs behind
and two we find before.
We stand behind before we find
what those behind be for.
I know a boy named Tate who dined with his girl at eight eight.
I'm unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight or what Tate's t?te ? t?te ate at eight eight.
Lovely lemon liniment.
If Stu chews shoes, should Stu
choose the shoes he chews?
Plague-bearing prairie dogs.
Robert Wayne Rutter.
The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us.
Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better.
Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.
I need not your needles, they're needless to me;
For kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see;
But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed,
I then should have need of your needles indeed.
I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.
Kris Kringle carefully crunched on candy canes.
I saw Esau kissing Kate. I saw Esau,
he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.
I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within.
