The World's Hardest Tongue Twister
February 9th 2007 00:22
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?
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
How many figs can a fig plucker pluck while a fig plucker's busy plucking figs ... ***
David ...
Comment by Cibbuano
Hunt Famous
Orble Post of the Day
Fat Cult
Techbreak
Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
Comment by DuskDevi
Rugby World Cup 2007
Hope you're well Mel.
Dusk
Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
...that Sheiks sixth sheep? Sick! *lol*
Six Broad Shouldered Soldiers...
Comment by Candice
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
Stress Alive
Man Lessons
Comment by Adrian
Philosophy Blog
Comment by Anonymous
He'd chuck all the wood that a wood chuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
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Comment by MelissaA
Fun Facts
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
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
Fun Facts
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
I'll be back!
Comment by D. Armenta
The Florida Keys and Everglades
The Black Sheep Chronicles
What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
Debate Fan
L.A.M.P.
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
The Florida Keys and Everglades
The Black Sheep Chronicles
What constitutes bad manners?
The male mystique
Debate Fan
L.A.M.P.
Comment by Bryn
Horrorphile
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
Horrorphile
Comment by Anonymous
two smart fellows, they felt smart
three smart fellows, they all felt smart
Comment by Anonymous
If a woodchuck could chuck wood a woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
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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.
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so confusing =[
Comment by Kellmaster36
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
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
Comment by daisy gal
irish wristwatch
i'v been trying for 2 months!
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im the best sheet slitter that ever slit sheets
Comment by Da Nacho
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.
as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Comment by KaTiE l.
as much wood as a woodchuck could if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
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Comment by ace rael montoya
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
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
she sells seashells seashells she sells
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Comment by Anonymous
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
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
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.
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(Alternate last line - also trips you up)
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Comment by Anonymous
"Peggy Babcock".
Try saying it 5 times...fast!
Enjoy
AJ from New Zealand
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5x fast....
you cant do it.....
Comment by Callie
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
Slipper snakes slither southwards...
Mental monkeys make metal mangoes mercilessly...
Prima!
Comment by Anonymous
You dick
you stick
you cock
you sock
your dick
my mouth
you cock
my dick
sword fighting
gogoogogoquick
Comment by Anonymous
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
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A big black bug bit a big blonde buggar and made the big blonde buggar bleed blood
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Comment by Sammmmeeee
I have perfected that one.
I can say it four times in a row... at about 100 miles an hour
Comment by Anonymous
!Six shiny ships sitting safely at shore on saturday
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!Six shiny ships sitting safely at shore on saturday
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One shot of Scott's Schnapps stopped Schwab's watch. try that one
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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
ms smiths fish sauce shop. try one time fast
Comment by Anonymous
ms smiths fish sauce shop. try one time fast
Comment by Anonymous
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
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
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
the swiss witch named su witts switched the switch.
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Comment by PJ
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
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Enjoy- I can say it in about 4 seconds! And i have a friend to testify!
Comment by Anonymous
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.
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here's another one:
fast fantasy fast fast fantasy
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can you can a can like an un can can a can into an canners can..
Comment by maha
GOOD LUCK!!
Comment by Anonymous
The stump thunk the skunk stunk
And the skunk thunk the stump stunk
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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.
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i was born on a pirate ship
say it while holding your touge
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