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The World's Hardest Tongue Twister

February 9th 2007 00:22
tongue
According to the Guiness Book of World Records, this is officially the 'World's Hardest Tongue Twister'. It just goes to show that sometimes the ones looking the most simple are often indeed the best.


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


Try saying that one 3 times with speed!

Some of course you can just see coming, like this one:


Our Joe wants to know if your Joe will lend
our Joe you Joe's banjo. If your Joe won't
lend our Joe your Joe's banjo our Joe won't
lend your Joe our Joe's banjo when our Joe
has a banjo!


Of course some of the lengthier ones look reasonably simple and aren't so bad to start with, but do catch you in the end like the old:


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

And who remembers the old guaranteed every time....

Red leather! Yellow leather!

And of course we couldn't leave this one out! (best not said aloud with little kiddies in the room!)

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son,
And I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come!


So what has been your favourite tongue twister of all time?

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Comment by David

February 9th 2007 01:16
MelissaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

How many figs can a fig plucker pluck while a fig plucker's busy plucking figs ... ***

David ...

Comment by Cibbuano

February 9th 2007 04:43
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?


Comment by MelissaA

February 9th 2007 04:49
Actually I'm quite fond of "A noisy noise, annoys an oyster." But that could just be because I can say it relatively well. ; )

Comment by DuskDevi

February 9th 2007 05:50
Actually...tongue twister said a few times really tists the twongue...it's twue!

Hope you're well Mel.

Dusk

Comment by MelissaA

February 9th 2007 06:25
LOL @ "it's twue" Dusk. ; )

Comment by Lilla

February 9th 2007 07:52
Melissa,

...that Sheiks sixth sheep? Sick! *lol*

Six Broad Shouldered Soldiers...

)


Comment by Candice

February 9th 2007 10:18
Hi Melissa,

My fav is "She sells sea shells by the seashore."

I can't even say that sheep one in my head let alone aloud!

Comment by Deorre

February 9th 2007 12:06
Are you a sadist? Exposing others to this stuff, I spit all over my monitor!

Comment by Adrian

February 10th 2007 01:34
I didn't say any of those successfully .

Comment by Anonymous

February 10th 2007 20:15
How bout How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

He'd chuck all the wood that a wood chuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Comment by Anonymous

February 15th 2007 21:00
i slit a sheet a sheet islit upon the slitted sheet i sit? how bout them apples?

Comment by Anonymous

February 21st 2007 16:33
The Leith Police dismisseth us

Comment by MelissaA

February 23rd 2007 00:57
LOL, those are all good.

Deorre, I hope you cleaned your monito off, it would be very sticky by now otherwise. ; )

Adrian, if at first you don't succeed, so much for skydiving! ; )

Comment by Anonymous

March 9th 2007 02:21
"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?"

And also "Unique New York" : )

Comment by MelissaA

March 15th 2007 23:39
I like that one - "Unique New York" - especially after a few rounds! ; )

Comment by Bryn

March 29th 2007 02:05
Bugger, someone bet me to my fave "unique new york" .... that's an absolute beauty!

I'll be back!

Comment by D. Armenta

May 3rd 2007 16:51
Wait--how does unique New York go? Haven't heard that one..

I have a tongue twister joke, will that do?

What's the difference between an epileptic oyster shucker and a prostitute with diarrhea?

The epileptic shucks between fits....

Comment by D. Armenta

May 3rd 2007 21:49

Comment by Bryn

May 4th 2007 04:00
Hahahahaha! good one Armenta!
The unique New York you say six times as fast as you can ...
Here's another six times fast one of my own:
Rich synth strings.

Comment by Bryn

July 17th 2007 00:14
I think anon and shelly logged into the wrong site ... LOL

Comment by Anonymous

October 26th 2007 00:32
one smart fellow, he felt smart
two smart fellows, they felt smart
three smart fellows, they all felt smart

Comment by Anonymous

December 15th 2007 18:57
how much wood would a woodchuch chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
If a woodchuck could chuck wood a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

Comment by Anonymous

March 3rd 2008 18:23
red lorry yellow lorry

Comment by Anonymous

March 23rd 2008 18:53
When a twister a-twisting will twist him a twist,
For the twisting of his twist, he three twines doth intwist;
But if one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
The twine that untwisteth untwisteth the twist.

Untwirling the twine that untwisteth between,
He twirls, with his twister, the two in a twine;
Then twice having twisted the twines of the twine,
He twitcheth the twice he had twined in twain.

The twain that in twining before in the twine,
As twines were intwisted he now doth untwine;
Twist the twain inter-twisting a twine more between,
He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.


Comment by ...

April 1st 2008 00:02
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
so confusing =[

Comment by Kellmaster36

April 8th 2008 22:12
Here is a a tongue twister
Betty Botter


Betty Botter bought some butter,
"But," she said, "the butter's bitter;
If I put it in my batter,
It will make my batter bitter;
But a bit of better butter,
That would make my batter better."

So she bought a bit of butter,
Better than her bitter butter,
And she put it in her batter,
And the batter was not bitter;
So 'twas better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.

Comment by Kellmaster36

April 8th 2008 22:14
(Say 3x fast)
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood

Comment by daisy gal

April 11th 2008 09:03
try this tongue twister

irish wristwatch

i'v been trying for 2 months!

Comment by Anonymous

April 20th 2008 03:40
not hard at all"""""""""""""""

Comment by Anonymous

May 4th 2008 21:35
i love dis one! "peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, if peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked?"

Comment by Anonymous

May 19th 2008 04:11
bearly bloody baron is one

Comment by Anonymous

May 22nd 2008 00:46
im a sheet slitter and i slit sheets
im the best sheet slitter that ever slit sheets

Comment by Da Nacho

May 28th 2008 01:24
I can say this really fast!

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck all the wood that a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood!
If a woodchuck could chuck wood, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
If a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck all the wood that a woodchuck could!
DUH!

My favorite.

I also like:
She sells seashells down by the seashore (in a shoestore with pauly shore!)

Comment by KaTiE l.

June 6th 2008 21:59
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Comment by KaTiE l.

June 6th 2008 21:59
how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Comment by Anonymous

July 13th 2008 04:39
here is one i made up "warm wet rag"

Comment by Anonymous

August 4th 2008 00:59
Unique New York.

Comment by ace rael montoya

August 19th 2008 07:37
Your text goes hereYour text goes here

try this ones!
"minekaniko ni moniko ang makina ng manika ni monica"

"pasko paksiw"-5 times with speed

"Butiki, bituka, butika"

"pitumput-pitong puting pating "

Comment by Anonymous

August 25th 2008 10:27
what about "black bugs blood."

or "does the shop stock short socks with spots."

or "Cathy Freeman threw three frisbees."

or "if you like to eat potato chips and chew pork chops on clipper ships. I suggest that you chew a few chips and a chop at skipper zipps clipper ship chip chop shop."

or "the storm starts when the drops start dropping, when the drops stop dropping, the storm starts stopping."

or " At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas."

Comment by Anonymous

October 5th 2008 18:44
say it fast,
she sells seashells seashells she sells


Comment by Anonymous

October 12th 2008 11:14
you scream i scream we scream for an icecream

Comment by Anonymous

October 13th 2008 03:30
Try Saying "Selfish Shellfish" 5 Times Quickly.

Comment by Anonymous

October 22nd 2008 20:08
The skunk sat on a stump. the stump thought the skunk stunk and the skunk thought the stump stunk

Comment by Anonymous

October 25th 2008 20:03
How about........................ ............................. ............... A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly

Comment by Anonymous

October 25th 2008 20:04
A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly.

Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and bludgeons -- Balancing them badly.

Can you can a canned can into an uncanned can like a canner can can a canned can into an uncanned can?

If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.

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

Comment by riafomh

November 5th 2008 15:34
What a to do to die today
At a minute or two to two
A thing distinctly hard to say
But harder still to do
For they'll beat a tatoo
At quarter to two
A rat-at-at at--at-at at-at-atoo
And the dragon will come
When he hears the drum
At a minute or two to two today
At a minute or two to two.

Comment by riafomh

November 5th 2008 15:36
Betty bought a bit of butter for her batter
But the butter Betty bought was bitter
So Betty bought a better bit of butter for her batter
And the butter Betty bought was better.

Comment by im the best14323

December 6th 2008 19:23
good blood bad blood good blood bad blood good blood bad blood

Comment by riafomh

December 6th 2008 23:14
.... And the batter Betty baked was better.

(Alternate last line - also trips you up)

Comment by Smeeter

December 14th 2008 00:06
The black bug bled black blood

Comment by Anonymous

January 7th 2009 02:29
Possibly the hardest one - for its size (no pun intended) - is

"Peggy Babcock".

Try saying it 5 times...fast!

Enjoy
AJ from New Zealand

Comment by Anonymous

January 15th 2009 20:11
baby back baby back baby back ribs CHILIS baby back ribs with barbeque sauce

Comment by Anonymous

January 22nd 2009 07:24
Free-flying fruit flies flying freely

Comment by Anonymous

February 10th 2009 20:49
what about toy boat 3 times fast?

Comment by Anonymous

February 12th 2009 23:58
toy boat....
5x fast....
you cant do it.....

Comment by Callie

February 25th 2009 18:42
I personally like this one:
How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies?A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies .

And this one i can't even properly say in my head ( maybe because english is not my country language)
Luke's duck licks lakes.Luke luck licks lakes.Luke's duck licks lakes.Duck takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes.Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck likes.

Comment by Ediblemanager

March 9th 2009 16:12
The strap slipped off the soldiers shoulder...

Slipper snakes slither southwards...

Mental monkeys make metal mangoes mercilessly...

Prima!

Comment by Anonymous

March 17th 2009 04:12
Try this one out-
You dick
you stick
you cock
you sock
your dick
my mouth
you cock
my dick
sword fighting

gogoogogoquick

Comment by Anonymous

April 30th 2009 10:57
here's how you really do the peter piper!
peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers a peck of pickled peppers peter piper picked if peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where's the peck of peppers peter piper picked! (: my personal fav

Comment by Anonymous

May 1st 2009 20:45
The Leith police dismisseth us with six thick thistle sticks.

Comment by Anonymous

May 1st 2009 20:45
The Leith police dismisseth us with six thick thistle sticks.

Comment by Anonymous

May 13th 2009 21:19
My all time favourite is:
A big black bug bit a big blonde buggar and made the big blonde buggar bleed blood

Comment by Anonymous

May 14th 2009 20:47
if 3 witches watch 3 watches which witch will watch which watch

Comment by Anonymous

June 1st 2009 21:20
Your text goes hereYour text goes here how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood

Comment by Sammmmeeee

June 11th 2009 22:38
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumber.

I have perfected that one.
I can say it four times in a row... at about 100 miles an hour .

Comment by Anonymous

June 16th 2009 07:11


!Six shiny ships sitting safely at shore on saturday

Comment by Anonymous

June 16th 2009 07:12


!Six shiny ships sitting safely at shore on saturday

Comment by Anonymous

June 16th 2009 17:20
She sells seas shells by the sea shore.

Comment by Anonymous

July 26th 2009 14:06
the sheik's sixth sheep sick so six slick sheiks sold six sick sheep six silk sheets..

Comment by Anonymous

August 3rd 2009 00:20
good blood bad blood (5 times)

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 07:16
Three Swedish switched witches watch three Swiss Swatch watches switches. Which Swedish switched witch watch which Swiss Swatch watch witch?

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 07:18
this is also one of my fav Shep Schwab shopped at Scott's Schnapps shop;
One shot of Scott's Schnapps stopped Schwab's watch. try that one

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 13:03
lilly loves lillies and went lilly picking! thats a new one!

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 13:04
lilly loves lillies and went lilly picking! thats a new one!

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 14:02
SHE SITS IN HER SLIP SIPPING SCHLITZ.

I AM NOT A FIG PLUCKER OR A FIG PLUCKER'S SON, BUT i'LL PLUCK FIGS TILL THE FIG PLUCKERS COME.

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 15:33
try this one

ms smiths fish sauce shop. try one time fast

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 15:33
try this one

ms smiths fish sauce shop. try one time fast

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 18:30
After being on several different websites, looking at tongue twisters, I have yet to see the one I had to recite in my high school speech class! It goes something like this:

While sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, an unsuccessful thistle sifter thrust five thousand thistles thru the thick of his hand. Your text goes here thrust not five thousand thistles thru the thick of thy hand as did the unsuccessful thistle sifter while sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles.

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 18:32
After being on several different websites, looking at tongue twisters, I have yet to see the one I had to recite in my high school speech class! It goes something like this:

While sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles, an unsuccessful thistle sifter thrust five thousand thistles thru the thick of his hand. Thrust not five thousand thistles thru the thick of thy hand as did the unsuccessful thistle sifter while sifting a sieve full of unsifted thistles.

Comment by Anonymous

August 8th 2009 19:15
She sits on sheets; the sheets she sits on. Very funny to hear Japanese people say this.

Also, a variant of above:

I'm not a pheasant plucker's. I'm a pheasant plucker's mate. I'm only plucking pheasants 'cuz the pheasant plucker's late.

Comment by Anonymous

October 16th 2009 05:19
which witch switched the switch?
the swiss witch named su witts switched the switch.

Comment by Anonymous

October 17th 2009 11:49
a skunk sat on a stump and thunk that the stump stunk but the stump thunk that the skunk stunk.

Comment by Anonymous

October 19th 2009 15:13
The big black bug bleeds black blood!

Comment by Anonymous

October 27th 2009 12:16
irish wristwatch 5 times, good luck

Comment by PJ

November 4th 2009 19:15
A big black bug, bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed blood.

Three grey geese in a green field grazing, grey were the geese and green was the grazing.

A tutor who tooted a flute, tried to tutor two tutors to toot, is it harder to toot or to tutor two tutors to toot.

A flee and a fly flew up the flu, said the flee to the fly what shall we do? said the fly to the flee let us fly, said the flee to the fly let us flee, so they flew through a flaw in the flew

Comment by Anonymous

November 4th 2009 19:30
She sells sea shells on the see shore. You see, the shells she sells on the sea shore are sea shells im sure.

Comment by PJ

November 5th 2009 15:56
Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos

Comment by Anonymous

December 4th 2009 00:46
Betty Bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter was bitter, so betty bought a better bit of butter.


Enjoy- I can say it in about 4 seconds! And i have a friend to testify!

Comment by Anonymous

December 10th 2009 03:28
A big black bug bit a big black bear and the big black bear blead badly

How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? He would chuck as much as he could if a eood chuck could chuck wood.

Comment by Anonymous

December 25th 2009 02:48
How about 'Toy Boat'?

Comment by Anonymous

December 31st 2009 04:51
NOW DOWL FOWL SOW try it really really fast

here's another one:

fast fantasy fast fast fantasy

Comment by Anonymous

January 6th 2010 17:48
try saying toy boat five times fast!

Comment by Anonymous

January 17th 2010 12:27
Your text goes hereYour text goes here


can you can a can like an un can can a can into an canners can..

Comment by maha

January 17th 2010 12:31
Your text goes hereYour text goes heretry saying red bulb blue bulb continuesly...as much as u can!!

GOOD LUCK!!

Comment by Anonymous

January 23rd 2010 12:55
A skunk sat on a stump
The stump thunk the skunk stunk
And the skunk thunk the stump stunk

Comment by Anonymous

January 26th 2010 23:47
Unique New York Unique Condors Unique Indoors Peter PIPER picked purple piper pen peppers that tasted like perogies that he picked in Pourtrigal

Comment by Anonymous

January 29th 2010 22:13
The one My grandfather used to do to make me laugh went like this:

Theofalous Thistle, the most successful thistle sifter in history, successfully sifted three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. Now if Theofolous Thistle, the most successful thistle sifter in history, successfully sifted three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, why can't thou successfully sift three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.

Not all that hard, but sure does make a kid giggle.

Comment by Anonymous

January 31st 2010 15:07
oh my god- that last one is RUDE! that's terrible! children read this!

Comment by Anonymous

February 16th 2010 18:20
i like this the most

i was born on a pirate ship


say it while holding your touge

Comment by Anonymous

March 9th 2010 12:56
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO U STINK xD

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