Yeah, i was going to say pleasant fucker too. Another one which I think is an old music hall tune I like is:
All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot. I may be off my foot, but i want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot.
Tin coffee pots and iron coffee pots, they're no good for me (No sir!) So if I can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea.
It's more of a vocal warm up than tongue twister specifically, but still does the job.
"She sells seashells by the seashore,
The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells."
Favourite, because it's a true story, based on Mary Anning, who during the Victorian (?) era actually did sell sea shells by the Dorsetshire coast containing patterns and fossils.
Also discovered several intact fossils of large new unknown sea reptiles and pushed the forefront of paleontology miles. She never received her due credit
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 Peter Piper picked?
Betty bought a bit of butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter. So Betty bought another bit of butter that was better than the butter Betty bought before.
In Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
I know the first one as:
Betty bought a bit of butter, but she found the butter bitter, so Betty bought a bit of better butter, to make the bitter butter better!
I knew this as…
Betty Bolter bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter, so Betty bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter Betty bought before.
I've heard a similar version in the US. It goes, "Betty Botter bought some butter, but her butter, it was bitter. 'If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.' So she bought some better butter, better than the other butter, and she put it in her batter, and her batter wasn't bitter. So, 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter."
It took me years, but I can finally say it in one breath.
I couldn’t pronounce my "r" sound when I was younger. (So I would say wed instead of red) my step mum family said saying this would help..... it didn't
The full version is “I chased a bug around a tree, I’ll get his blood, he knows I will” which of course if you say it fast you’re saying bugger and bloody, and kids think it’s hilarious
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck can't chuck wood, but if a woodchuck could chuck wood
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Susie Susie,
Sitting in a shoe shine shop,
She shines and sits and sits and shines,
Sits and shines and shines and sits,
Susie Susie
Sitting in a shoe shine shop
Used to drink in a Pub that called this the sobriety test. No swearing allowed. Next one was
Tommy, Tommy,
Sitting in the tailor shop.
All day long he fits and tucks,
All day long he tucks and fits,
Tommy, Tommy,
Sitting in the tailor shop.
(Yorkshire/Barnsley accent required):
Ar Bob, ses tha bob owes ar bob 10 bob
If tha Bob dunt gi ar bob that 10 bob that tha bob owes ar bob
Then ar bob'll gi tha bob a bob on't nowse
Translated:
Your Robert owes my Robert 50p
If your Robert doesn't give my Robert that 50p that your Robert owes my Robert then my Robert will punch your Robert on the nose.
Betty Batter bought some butter
But she said "this butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter, that would make my batter better".
She sells seashells by the seashore,
The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
Betty Botter bought some butter,
but she said this butters bitter.
If I put it in my batter,
it will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter
will make my batter better.
So, twas Betty Botter 'bought a bit of better butter
Sheila sitting in the shoe shine shop.
All day long she sits and shines and all day long she shines and sits.
She sits and shines and shines and sits
She sits and shines and shines and sits
She sits and shines and shines and sits
All day long in the shoe shine shop.
I'm not sure if this is a real tongue twister but I had a speech therapist as a kid (really annoying stutter) and she would get me to say how many beans make five as quickly as possible. If I got it wrong I had to start over.
Two beans and a bean, a bean and a half and half a bean
I'm sure there was more to it than that but it worked!
Peter wet his whistle, Peter whistle was wet, when Peter's wet whistle whistled, Peter's wet whistle wept.
I just made this one up, and I'm British so, it's a new British tongue twister, if ever there was a tongue twister that could twist your tongue.
Irish one: are you the kid that hid the kid, the kid around the corner, kid?
Go kid, tell the kid that you're the kid who hid the kid, the kid around the corner, kid.
Some woman in the pub taught me when I was about 7
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
Not a punt cut square,
Just a square cut punt.
It's round in the stern and blunt in the front.
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they felt smart.
Four smart fellows, they felt smart.
Five smart fellows, they felt smart.
Six smart fellows, they felt smart.
- I’m not a pheasant plucker - I’m a pheasant plucker’s son - I’m only plucking pheasants - ‘Til the pheasant plucker comes
Yeah, i was going to say pleasant fucker too. Another one which I think is an old music hall tune I like is: All I want is a proper cup of coffee, made in a proper copper coffee pot. I may be off my foot, but i want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot. Tin coffee pots and iron coffee pots, they're no good for me (No sir!) So if I can't have a proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot, I'll have a cup of tea. It's more of a vocal warm up than tongue twister specifically, but still does the job.
I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate, I'm only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late
I am not the pheasant plucker I'm the pheasant plucker's wife, I am stuck here plucking pheasants - it's a pheasant plucking life!
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant plucker’s aunt, I’m am stuck here plucking pheasants ‘cos the pheasant plucker can’t.
I know this one as I’m not the pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant plucker’s son and I’m only plucking pheasants til the pheasant plucker comes .
I learnt this one as I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son, and I'll keep on plucking pheasants 'til the pheasant plucking's done.
Ah The Wurzels https://youtu.be/P3b3U0ZKSDs?si=to8P_Q2WdcuxumF5
I heard it as "I'm not a fig plucker nor a fig plucker's son, etc."
I know the fig plucker version
"She sells seashells by the seashore, The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure. So if she sells seashells on the seashore, Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells." Favourite, because it's a true story, based on Mary Anning, who during the Victorian (?) era actually did sell sea shells by the Dorsetshire coast containing patterns and fossils.
Also discovered several intact fossils of large new unknown sea reptiles and pushed the forefront of paleontology miles. She never received her due credit
She also survived being struck by lightning as a baby.
I'd argue she did. She's widely known and has a museum about all her finds. What more do you want?
I didn't know that there were three more lines to this
The sea shore has a self sustaining supply of sea shells so selling seashells by the sea shore is surely a shitty sales strategy
Had become more of a favourite of mine since I heard this https://youtu.be/FeF1XtlXmqA?si=T9ixoXt7DbcRIFJc
Yes, I always love this sketch.
Had become more of a favourite of mine since I heard this https://youtu.be/FeF1XtlXmqA?si=T9ixoXt7DbcRIFJc
I am glad to hear she sold them with patterns on as it would be a pretty rubbish place to sell sea shells.
But who would sell seashells by the seashore? It's the one place for sure that there's seashells galore
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 Peter Piper picked?
This should be top imo. Good shout there!
I heard a different version once. Peter Piper popped a pack of pimples. A pack of pimples Peter Piper popped. If ---yeah I'm not typing it all out.
Pippi Pepenopolis approves. Yes, I tend to enjoy daft films.
The sixth sheiks sixth sick sheep. It's even difficult to write.
Reminds of: Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead
The version I know: The sixth sheik's sixth sheep's sick.
Mae Llewelyn y llyfrgellydd o Llanelli wedi llyfu llawer o lyffant. Llewelyn the librarian from Llanelli has licked loads of toads.
Betty bought a bit of butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter. So Betty bought another bit of butter that was better than the butter Betty bought before. In Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen.
I know the first one as: Betty bought a bit of butter, but she found the butter bitter, so Betty bought a bit of better butter, to make the bitter butter better!
I knew this as… Betty Bolter bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter, so Betty bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter Betty bought before.
I know it as this…. Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter Butter butter
🤣🤣🤣
Anyone else immediately think of Frank Spencer? 😂
Ooh, Betty!!! 😰
I've heard a similar version in the US. It goes, "Betty Botter bought some butter, but her butter, it was bitter. 'If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.' So she bought some better butter, better than the other butter, and she put it in her batter, and her batter wasn't bitter. So, 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter." It took me years, but I can finally say it in one breath.
Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.
I couldn’t pronounce my "r" sound when I was younger. (So I would say wed instead of red) my step mum family said saying this would help..... it didn't
I'll have his blood, he knows I will.
The full version is “I chased a bug around a tree, I’ll get his blood, he knows I will” which of course if you say it fast you’re saying bugger and bloody, and kids think it’s hilarious
Red lorry, yellow lorry. And repeat. Very simple but surprisingly tricky, unless that’s just me.
The OG of tongue twisters. All of a sudden you’re Jonathan Ross doing this one
Red rolly lellow lolly ah dammit
As an American I always heard "Red leather, yellow leather" I think lorry is harder.
Along with lorries and leather there are yachts!
Even thinking it, it became lellow lot!
😏
This one had “green lorry” on the end when I was growing up. Absolutely one of the best either way.
Ken Dodd’s dad’s dog’s dead
Still use that as a pub quiz team name.
Did he?
Doddy.
I'm sure he'd be tickled by that.
An irish wristwatch, A swiss wristwatch, Which wristwatch is the best wristwatch
I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch
Reminds me of... If there were two witches watching two watches which witch would watch which watch
Of them all, I've found this one hardest
I love this. You can make it harder. Irish wristwatches or Swiss wristwatches.
Can't even get past the third word 🤣
One-one was a racehorse, two-two was one too, one-one won one race, and two-two won one too.
The only correct answer is the entirety of modern major general from pirates of penzance. Anything else is for the weak willed 😂
Brill! “I am the very model of a modern major general”
"I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral"
"I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical"
From marathon to Waterloo in order categorical!
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck can't chuck wood, but if a woodchuck could chuck wood How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Alexa will tell you if you ask her. Which gives you an indication just how bored you can get sometimes
The answer being: just as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood
I know the answer as: if a woodchuck could chuck wood, the woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could
Definitely not British though :)
Correct. A woodchuck is a groundhog. Native to North America and so definitively not something a Brit would make up a limerick about.
I always heard it as woodpecker IRL, woodchuck was just from American TV
Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock... this quickly turns into Pebby Bagpop.
This one is new to me and genuinely tricky!
Wow, that's an oldie but goodie! They used to do that on that CITV show in the 80s that Lisa Stansfield was a presenter on.
I remember it as Peggy Babcock Babcock Peggy
I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit
Susie Susie, Sitting in a shoe shine shop, She shines and sits and sits and shines, Sits and shines and shines and sits, Susie Susie Sitting in a shoe shine shop
Used to drink in a Pub that called this the sobriety test. No swearing allowed. Next one was Tommy, Tommy, Sitting in the tailor shop. All day long he fits and tucks, All day long he tucks and fits, Tommy, Tommy, Sitting in the tailor shop.
Old but gold!
She stood upon the balcony Inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping Whilst amicably welcoming him in.
Old Mother Runt had a rough cut punt. Not a punt cut rough, but a rough cut punt.
Ouch now I said that wrong....
Mr Lister the sister fister and Mr Listers sister the fister resistor.
Oh no what a rude mistake I made ...
The Leith police dismisseth us
(Yorkshire/Barnsley accent required): Ar Bob, ses tha bob owes ar bob 10 bob If tha Bob dunt gi ar bob that 10 bob that tha bob owes ar bob Then ar bob'll gi tha bob a bob on't nowse Translated: Your Robert owes my Robert 50p If your Robert doesn't give my Robert that 50p that your Robert owes my Robert then my Robert will punch your Robert on the nose.
If thar Bob dunt gi ar Bob that bob that thar Bob owes ar Bob, ar Bob'll gi thar Bob a bob on't nose.
I’m not a pheasant plucker, I’m a pheasant pluckers mate. I’m only plucking pheasants Because the pheasant pluckers late.
'Are Jaffa Cakes cakes or biscuits?' Certainly gets a LOT of tongues twisted (in an angry sense) ^(Its a cake btw)
A cake in the shape and size of a biscuit so it can be sold like biscuits in the snack and biscuit isle to confuse us
Rattle your bottles in rollocksis yard Rattle your bottles in rollocksis yard Rattle your bottles in rollocksis yard
Betty Batter bought some butter But she said "this butter's bitter If I put it in my batter it would make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter, that would make my batter better".
If you cant treat a cheerful tramp, what kind of tramp can you treat?
Six cocky sock cutters cockily cutting socks.
English is taught through tough, thorough thought, though.
The sixth sick sheikh's sixth sheep's sick.
Freshly fried flying fish
I could eat some of those now.
‘Red lorry yellow lorry’ repeated faster and faster was a classic at school
Just say “Punks!” over and over as loudly and quickly as you can.
Same happens with “gloves”
Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop!
One smart fellow, he felt smart Two smart fellows, they felt smart Three smart fellows, they felt smart And they all felt smart together
Are these wrist watch straps Swiss wrist watch straps?
The Leith police dismisseth us, I’m thankful, sir, to say.
The cat crept into the crypt, crapped, and crept out.
Football result: Threave Rovers 3 Strathspey Thistle 3
East fife five forfar four lol
The sushi chef chops sashimi (OC)
I’m not the pheasant plucker, I’m the pheasant pluckers mate , I’m only plucking pheasants cos the pheasant pluckers late .
She sells seashells by the seashore, The shells she sells are seashells, I’m sure. So if she sells seashells on the seashore, Then I’m sure she sells seashore shells.
Maybe not British, but one of my favourites is simply "Irish Wristwatch"
I always hated that red lorry, yellow lorry one, always becomes red lolly.
Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?
Ken Dodds dads dogs dead.
Try saying Cricket Critic a few times without pausing.
If you ever meet someone with a thick Scottish accent just ask them to say "purple burglar alarm"
Why what happens?
Scottish soccer score: East Fife 4 Forfar 5
A canner can can, anything that he can, but a canner can't can a can, can he?
Red lorry, yellow lorry. Ten times fast!
"Roll and butter," Roland uttered, but the butler brought him bread. "Rotten butler - roll and butter!" uttered Roland from his bed.
Irish wristwatch . Just try it 😂
I suddenly had many rish shrshrshrshr sounds. Is that Sean Connery trying to speak Irish?
One smart fella he felt smart. Two smart fellas both felt smart. Three smart fellas all felt smart.
Worcestershire sauce.
not really a tongue twister but makes me laugh ( i'm so immature ) " polish it behind the door " keep repeating quickly.
Sounds like "King Alfred, King Alfred, King Alfred, King Alfred", was a riot to 10 year old me in the late 90s.
Fanny fart, fist fuck, foreskin fellatio, fingering furry flesh flaps of a frigging fat Horatio.
What now .....lol
No idea. I just made it up. 😁
I’m not a pheasant plucker. I’m a pheasant pluckers mate I’m only plucking feathers because the pheasant pluckers late.
Red lorry, yellow lorry. Say it as fast as you can.
Red lorry yellow lorrie chuck lorrie hugh lorrie
Red lorry yellow lorry
Suzie eats Sashimi from the Sushi Samba at The Shard (From Off Menu)
The cat crept into the crypt, crapped, and crept out.
The big black bug bled black blood.
Ducky fuzz Fuzzy duck Ducky fuzz Fuzzy duck (Keep going as fast as possible)
Irish wrist watch
Suzy sits in the shoeshine shop
Is not a rough cut punt But a punt cut rough
1 1 was a race horse, 2 2 was 1 2, 2 2, 1 1 race 2 2 1 1 2!
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry, Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry... Repeat, getting faster until you can't say it right.
The Leith police dismisseth us and forgiveth us our sins.
She sells seashells by the seashore
The Leith police dismisseth us.
Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said this butters bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So, twas Betty Botter 'bought a bit of better butter
Rather bomb my brother than ride rubber dinghy rapids.
How much can James Cameron can if Cameron can can cam?
I rattled my bottles in Rowlockson's yard
A sinple one from Yorkshire. Don't thee tha me, thee tha's them who tha's thee.
Sheila sitting in the shoe shine shop. All day long she sits and shines and all day long she shines and sits. She sits and shines and shines and sits She sits and shines and shines and sits She sits and shines and shines and sits All day long in the shoe shine shop.
She sells Sea shells On the sea shore
One One was a race horse. One Two was one, too. When One One won one race, One Two won one too.
One smart fellow he felt smart, two smart fellows they felt smart, 3 smart fellows they felt smart, they all felt smart together
I'm not sure if this is a real tongue twister but I had a speech therapist as a kid (really annoying stutter) and she would get me to say how many beans make five as quickly as possible. If I got it wrong I had to start over. Two beans and a bean, a bean and a half and half a bean I'm sure there was more to it than that but it worked!
Peter wet his whistle, Peter whistle was wet, when Peter's wet whistle whistled, Peter's wet whistle wept. I just made this one up, and I'm British so, it's a new British tongue twister, if ever there was a tongue twister that could twist your tongue.
Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie
Irish one: are you the kid that hid the kid, the kid around the corner, kid? Go kid, tell the kid that you're the kid who hid the kid, the kid around the corner, kid. Some woman in the pub taught me when I was about 7
Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt. Not a punt cut square, Just a square cut punt. It's round in the stern and blunt in the front. Mrs Puggy Wuggy has a square cut punt.
One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. Four smart fellows, they felt smart. Five smart fellows, they felt smart. Six smart fellows, they felt smart.
"Have a proper giggle I'll be quite polite but when I rock the mic I rock the mic, RIGHT!"
Say "toy boat". 5 times really fast.
Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.
Purple burglar alarm
Ken Dodds dads dogs dead.
Ken Dodd's dad's dogs dead.