Tongue Twisters

Whether it's public speaking, work on the radio, being able to sing lyrics understandable by all, or just having an eloquent diction in your daily life, the following twisters will improve your voice. Practice once a day or use your favorite as a warm-up before going on stage. Try a few just before making that important phone call.

The seething sea ceaseth and thus the seething sea sufficeth us.

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. "But," she said, "this butter's 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 Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter, and it made her batter better.

Three gray geese in the green grass grazing: Gray were the geese and green was the grazing.

Moses supposes his toeses are roses, but Moses supposes erroneously. For Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, as Moses supposes his toeses to be.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

She sells seashells by the seashore, etc.,etc.

Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, with barest wrists and stoutest boasts, he thrust his fist against the posts, and still insists he sees the ghosts.

Theophilus Thistle, the thistle-sifter, sifted a sieve of unsifted thistles, where is the sieve of unsifted thistles Theophilus Thistle, the thistle sifter, sifted?

Truly Rural. Preshrunk shirt. Sixty-six sick chicks.

Old Farmer's Almanac 1994.

See also: Voice Lessons

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