55 Lines from Nursery Rhymes | Tongue Twisters

55 Lines from Nursery Rhymes | Tongue Twisters

 

The Lyrical Literacy podcast presents a delightful collection of classic and creative tongue twisters drawn from nursery rhymes and speech exercise traditions. This episode weaves together 55 phonetically challenging lines, from the familiar "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" and "Sally sells seashells" to lesser-known verbal gymnastics like "Purple paper people." The compilation showcases alliteration, repetition, and sound patterns that challenge pronunciation while building language skills. These playful linguistic puzzles, arranged in a poetic stream-of-consciousness style, offer listeners both nostalgic connections to childhood wordplay and engaging exercises for speech development and articulation practice.

 

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
But where's the peppers Peter Piper picked no one knows

Sally sells seashells by the seashore
But oh

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
If a woodchuck could chuck wood in a twisted wind

Betty bought a butter but bitter bites
And big black bugs bite big black bears

She sells seashells surely
Sea shore shells slick
Six slick wrist tails slowly to the sea

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Was he no hair no chaos

Saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop
Where Lester leather never weathered

Whether weather whether
Red yellow lorry red yellow lorry red yellow lorry

Unique New York unique New York
Toy boat toy boat toy boat

This brush brave bring it in
Brandish broad bright blades

A box of mixed biscuits
Mixed biscuit box

Six sick sheep six sick sheep
Still sick

Wrist watches whisper
Swiss wrist watch

Four fine fish
The great Greek grape growers growing
Cooks cook cupcakes quickly

Shy sheep seek shade
By the seashore kitty caught a kitten in the kitchen
He threw three free throws

I wish my Irish wrist watch
Round ragged rocks the ragged rascal ran
Surely sunshine soon

They threw the throng fat frogs
Flying past fast chop shop stock

Crusty crusty crusty
Zigzag through the zoo

I saw a kitten eating chicken in the kitchen
Fresh fresh fried free dose for fighting food
Freshly fried fish

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk
Six slick swans swam swiftly

Betty Botter bought some butter
Big black bats big pennies

Purple paper people
Pop pop pop

Three thumbs tax
Green glass globes glow green

Near a sailor
He went to sea to see what he could see
And to which watching two watches
Which which would watch

Happy hippo hopped
And hip up in the hollow

 

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Origin:

Tongue twisters have been used across cultures for centuries as speech exercises, language learning tools, and entertainment. Many of these examples are traditional English language tongue twisters that date back generations. Phrases like "Peter Piper" first appeared in print in the late 18th century, while others like "She sells seashells" were popularized in the 19th century. These verbal challenges were originally created to help with pronunciation, public speaking practice, and to overcome speech impediments, though they've also become beloved components of children's oral traditions and language play.

 

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