Tongue Twisters Rhymes

masters · #1 $Old$ May 28th, 2009, 12:07 PM

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?"

* * *
Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,
it would 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 baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.

* * *

I am not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's late.

* * *

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!"

* * *

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.

* * *

A tree toad loved a she-toad
Who lived up in a tree.
He was a two-toed tree toad
But a three-toed toad was she.
The two-toed tree toad tried to win
The three-toed she-toad's heart,
For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground
That the three-toed tree toad trod.
But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.
He couldn't please her whim.
From her tree toad bower
With her three-toed power
The she-toad vetoed him.

* * *

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.

* * *

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

* * *

Ned Nott was shot
and Sam Shott was not.
So it is better to be Shott
than Nott.
Some say Nott
was not shot.
But Shott says
he shot Nott.
Either the shot Shott shot at Nott
was not shot,
or
Nott was shot.
If the shot Shott shot shot Nott,
Nott was shot.
But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott,
then Shott was shot,
not Nott.
However,
the shot Shott shot shot not Shott --
but Nott.
* * *

Deadstar · #2 $Old$ May 28th, 2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by masters $View Post$

I am not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's late.

HAHA! Nice.

I still think the hardest tounge-twister ever is just saying...

Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry over and over.

I fail after the first time.

Soroban · #3 $Old$ May 28th, 2009, 01:53 PM

Hello, masters!

Quote:

I am not the pheasant plucker.

Another dangerous rhyme involves the fig pluckers . . .

These are not tongue-twisters, but I love the last lines.

Mary had a little lamb,
His feet were black as soot.
And everywhere that Mary went
His sooty foot he put.

A comely young lady named Hyde
Ate too many apples and died.
. . The apples fermented
. . Within the lamented,
And made cider inside her inside.

masters · #4 $Old$ May 28th, 2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Soroban $View Post$

Hello, masters!

Another dangerous rhyme involves the fig pluckers . . .

These are not tongue-twisters, but I love the last lines.

Mary had a little lamb,
His feet were black as soot.
And everywhere that Mary went
His sooty foot he put.

A comely young lady named Hyde
Ate too many apples and died.
. . The apples fermented
. . Within the lamented,
And made cider inside her inside.

Soroban,

The last one there reminds me of:

The Modern Hiawatha
by George A. Strong

He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside.
He, to get the warm side inside,
Put the inside skin side outside.
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side inside.
That's why he put the fur side inside,
Why he put the skin side outside,
Why he turned them inside outside.