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List of tongue-twisters

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1 List of tongue-twisters in English
2 Tongue twisters in languages other than English
3 External links

List of tongue-twisters in English

Or, 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 Piper Piper picked? or: Betty bought a bit of butter, but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter, so Betty bought a better bit of butter than the bit of butter Betty bought before.

Tongue twisters in languages other than English

Albanian

Chinese (Cantonese)

(known as 急口令)

Chinese (Mandarin)

(known as 繞口令) The following is a famous tongue twister found in ancient Chinese literature. It is a short story written exclusively with various tones of two similar sounding syllables (shi and si).

石室詩士施氏,嗜獅,誓食十獅。氏時時適市視獅。十時,適十獅適市。是時,適施氏適是市。氏視十獅,恃矢勢,使是十獅逝世。氏拾是十獅屍,適石室。食時,始識十獅實十石獅屍。試釋是事。 Shi2shi4 shi4 shi1 shi4, shi4, shi4 si4 shi2. Shi4 shi4. Shi2, shi2 shi4. Shi4, shi1 shi4 shi4 shi4. Shi4 shi2, shi4 shi3, shi3 shi4 shi2 shi4shi4. Shi4 shi2 shi4 shi2, shi2shi4. Si4, shi3 shi2 shi2 shi2. Shi4 shi4.

Czech

Dutch

Estonian

Finnish

French

German

Hungarian

Marathi (Indian)

Polish

Spanish

Swedish

Serbian

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