Tongue Twisters

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Sunday, November 13th is International Tongue Twister Day. To celebrate, our friends Elaina and Steven have been sharing Tongue Twisters on ICANradio.org throughout the day. Here are those Tongue Twisters, so you can learn them too!

Woodchuck

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.

Bitter Butter

Betty Botter bought some butter; “But,” said she, “The 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 some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.

Two Tooters

A tutor who tooted the flute,
Tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor:
“Is it harder to toot or
To tutor two tooters to toot?”

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 pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

Cow Crossing

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

Chester Cheetah

Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheap cheddar cheese. If the chunk of cheese chunked Chester Cheetah, what would Chester Cheetah chew and chunk on?

A Thought I Thought

I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn’t the thought I thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought so much.

Annoys an Oyster

Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more.

Picky People

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, ’tis the peanut-butter picky people pick.

Copper Coffee Pot

All I want is a proper cup of coffee,
Made in a proper copper coffee pot
I may be off my dot
But I want a cup of coffee
From a proper coffee pot.
Tin coffee pots and iron coffee pots
They’re no use to me –
If I can’t have a proper cup of coffee
In a proper copper coffee pot
I’ll have a cup of tea.

Which Witch?

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

Could you master any of these Tongue Twisters? Which one was the trickiest to say? Let us know at @ican.radio on Instagram!