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TONGUE...TwisTER§
A tongue-twister is a sequence of words that is difficult to pro- nounce quickly and correctly. Even native English speakers fmd the tongue-twisters on this page difikcult to say quickly. Try them yourself. Try to say them as fast as possible, but correctly!
• A proper copper coffee pot.
• Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascals ran.
• Long legged ladies last longer.
• Pink lorry, yellow lorry.
• Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.
• She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.
• The sixth sick Sheik's sixth sheep is sick.
• Swan swam over the pond,
• Swim swan swim!
• Swan swam back again -
• Well swum swan!
• Three grey geese in green fields grazing.
• We surely shall see the sun shine soon.
• A box o f biscuits, a box o f mixed biscuits, mixed biscuits and a