Tongue Twisters

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2 Y's U R.
2 Y's U B.
I C U R.
2 Y's 4 me!

Two why's you are.
Two why's you be.
One see you are.
Two why's for me!

I can actually say that one , Chris but want to understand what's behind it. For something behind it you will have put, I'm sure!

Colin :smile::smile::smile:

 

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Try saying these solicitors firms' names quickly. Norfolk and Chance. Suffolk and Watt. How could they fail with names like that?

Now there's an interesting subject for a thread, teejay!

Colin :smile::smile::smile:

 

[edina]

Two why's you are.
Two why's you be.
One see you are.
Two why's for me!

I can actually say that one , Chris but want to understand what's behind it. For something behind it you will have put, I'm sure!

Colin :smile::smile::smile:

too wise you are
too wise you be
I see you are
too wise for me

Not really a tongue twister Colin, just a school rhyme.

 

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too wise you are
too wise you be
I see you are
too wise for me

Not really a tongue twister Colin, just a school rhyme.

I feel a little silly. I really should have seen that, Chris!

Colin :smile::smile::smile:

 

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'Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks'

I found this one difficult on first attempt but definitely improved with practice.
How do you find it, Lee?

Colin ???

 

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There was a fisherman named Fisher
Who fished for some fish in a fissure.
Till a fish with a grin,
Pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.

Colin ???

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Odd, I was just washing up as you do, when this one just popped into my head, not heard it for years.

The Leith police dismisseth us
they thought we sought to stay
The Leith police dismisseth us
they thought we'd stay all day
The Leith police dismisseth us
we both sighed sighs apiece
and the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye
were the size of the leith police

Bit of a tongue twister that, I used to know loads of these, I hope others pop back, good thread this

 

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Odd, I was just washing up as you do, when this one just popped into my head, not heard it for years.

The Leith police dismisseth us
they thought we sought to stay
The Leith police dismisseth us
they thought we'd stay all day
The Leith police dismisseth us
we both sighed sighs apiece
and the sighs that we sighed as we said goodbye
were the size of the leith police

Bit of a tongue twister that, I used to know loads of these, I hope others pop back, good thread this

I'm VERY impressed that you both committed this to memory in the past AND can recall it after a few years, Pudsey Bear.
I found it tricky to read out loud.
Thanks for this and I do hope that you can recall others!

Colin ???

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Not half as impressed as I was when I finished typing it and it still made no sense at all

 

[oldish hippy]

i am not the pheasent pluckers brother
because pheasent plucking i cant
i am the pheasent pluckers mother
teaching pheasent plucking to him and his aunt

 

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i am not the pheasent pluckers brother
because pheasent plucking i cant
i am the pheasent pluckers mother
teaching pheasent plucking to him and his aunt

Another variation on the theme, Barrie! Do you know of one around hippopotami?

Colin ???

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front in the front of her country cut pettycoat.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Also to as well

Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt, not a punt cut square, just a square cut punt.
It is round in the stern and blunt in the front is Mrs Puggy Wuggy square cut punt.

I could have used Mrs Tuggy Wuggy, but that would have been unkind to nice bloke, that and it was Puggy Wuggy as a kid.

 

[teejay]

So, Ned Nott got shot but Sam Shott was not
So its better to be Shott than Nott.

Some say Nott was in fact not shot
But, Shott says he shot Nott

So, either the shot Shott shot at Nott was in fact not shot
Or, Nott was shot.

However, if the shot Shott shot shot Nott, then Nott was shot
But, if the shot Shott shot shot Shott-

Well, then Shott was shot and not Nott
But, unfortunately for Nott, The shot Shott shot shot not Shott but Nott.

 

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So, Ned Nott got shot but Sam Shott was not
So its better to be Shott than Nott.

Some say Nott was in fact not shot
But, Shott says he shot Nott

So, either the shot Shott shot at Nott was in fact not shot
Or, Nott was shot.

However, if the shot Shott shot shot Nott, then Nott was shot
But, if the shot Shott shot shot Shott-

Well, then Shott was shot and not Nott
But, unfortunately for Nott, The shot Shott shot shot not Shott but Nott.

I tried as well as I'm able but a friend eventually had to call professional help for me.
As far as I could tell the logic is actually correct, believe it or not.
My head hurts, teejay.

Colin ???

 

[Minisorella]

Sorry to resurrect this one again but I was taught yet another version of the butter one...

Betty Botter bought some butter but, she said, this butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
So she bought a bit of butter, better than the bitter butter
And she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter
So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter

 

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Sorry to resurrect this one again but I was taught yet another version of the butter one...

Betty Botter bought some butter but, she said, this butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter
So she bought a bit of butter, better than the bitter butter
And she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter
So 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter

Thanks, Jennie. I think that version is pretty much the one I remember from childhood.

Colin ???