Unique, New York
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
December 15, 2017 5:24pm CST
Say that five times in a row!
Did you manage to say it correctly five times?
Tongue twisters can be long and complicated...she sells sea shells by the sea shore....or.....how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.
My children loved tongue twisters....
My all time favourite was the title of this post. It sounds so simple....but it's anything but.
Do you have a favourite tongue twister?
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
The simplest one can be the hardest to repeat.
He threw three balls
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@YrNemo (20254)
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17 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt 
I give up on that one! Th, t & thr sounds are not easy for me! Neither is S, Sh, etc.
I give up on that one! Th, t & thr sounds are not easy for me! Neither is S, Sh, etc.1 person likes this
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
Finding a fun tongue twister to add to every comment is proving to be amusing.
Here's one for you.
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds
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@snowy22315 (209177)
• United States
16 Dec 17
That's a tough one, one I heard as a kid on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was saying toy boat 5 times fast.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
Here's another challenging tongue twister.
Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday.
@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 17
Oh, I have to admit this is a funny discussion! Those infamous tongue twisters yes, they are really something to get the tongue around!
I remember one advert many years ago that related to butter and this is what the tongue twister is:
"You can't put a bit of better butter on your knife!" . In reverse: "You can't put a better bit of butter on your knife!"
I loved that advert and I will never forget it.
. In reverse: "You can't put a better bit of butter on your knife!"
I loved that advert and I will never forget it.@AndrewFreyne (6281)
• United Kingdom
17 Dec 17
Yes, I definitely give you credit for that one! That is a real tongue twister!
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
But do you have one that you remember from childhood...or even one you learned as an adult.
How about...rubber baby buggy bumpers.
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@LadyDuck (502855)
• Italy
17 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt Those are two Italian ones "Trentatré Trentini entrarono a Trento, tutti e trentatré, trotterellando." "Pure Pelè partì parà per il Perù, però perì per il purè."
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
I have a Dutch one about fishermen....somehow translated it just isn't the same.
Here's another fairly simple tongue twister that will confuse and tangle your tongue.
Two tried and true tridents
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
@MALUSE this is the Dutch one.
Vissende vissers die vissen naar vissen, maar vissende vissers die vangen vaak bot. De vis waar de vissende vissers naar vissen vindt vissende vissers vervelend en rot.
Some where I also have the translation.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17244)
• China
16 Dec 17
There are many interesting Tongue twisters in Chinese.The crosstalk comedians excel at them.
@changjiangzhibin89 (17244)
• China
17 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt This one is funny! Generally,there are many homophonic words in our tongue twisters.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
Every language has tongue twisters....comedians seem to get a lot of mileage out of them...children enjoy them.
I think they can be lots of fun. Here's another one for you.
If you notice this notice,
you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
17 Dec 17
@changjiangzhibin89 that's the key to many tongue twisters.
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@Shavkat (141905)
• Philippines
17 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt It is nice to have such tongue twister. I sometimes used them with my online students.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
Awesome. I don't think I've heard that one before.
How about this one.
Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
This one shouldn't be too difficult to say.
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
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@jstory07 (148777)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Dec 17
I used to like both of the tongue twisters. I liked them.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
17 Dec 17
Tongue twister were used in my public speaking class as a warm up (many years ago). They are a good exercise in engaging the brain and the mouth at the same time.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
17 Dec 17
Somehow I thought this could prove to be an interesting...if silly discussion.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Dec 17
we have one in our Filipino language and it goes this way. "minekaniko ni monico ang makina ng minica ni monica" ( monico fixed the engine of the minica car of monica)/
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
Is is hard to say? Thanks for sharing it.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
18 Dec 17
@Morleyhunt when one is fluent in the national language, it is easy. i find it easy too.
@Morethanamom (1948)
• Canada
17 Dec 17
Usually by the second or third try I am saying something along the lines of neek nork.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
18 Dec 17
It takes concentrate effort....but then that's the point of tongue twisters.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
16 Dec 17
I find that to say unique New York several times in a row is almost impossible. It should be simple...but the tongue messes it up unless I really concentrate,
