Collection of Tongue Twisters

Urdu Tongue Twisters

1. aik chinee aurat ne chinee kay pialay main chinee lai
2. jo ponchi main ne bhaiji the woh ponchi
aap ko ponchi hay
agar ponchay to keh dena keh ponchi
ponchi hum ko ponchi hay
3. Khirkyon ke bajne se khirkati hai khirkiyah.
Khirkyon ke bajne se bajta hai kharaksingh.
Kharaksingh ke bajne se khartkti hai khirkiyan
4. Eik Bholi Bhali Baji Ney Bara Bajey Ghanti Bajai Aur Bhoori Bhabi key Bachi key saath Bhujia
Banai.
5. kucha pupita puka pupita
6. chachi nay chacha ko chandi kay chumchay say chutni chutai
7. Cheen say khabar ayee hay kay char cheeni sepahi nay char buj kur chuvalees minut pur char
cheeni bachoon ko chumach say cheeni chatthay howay girifthar kur lia.
8. Katcha papad pakka papad
9. Samjh samajh ke samajh ko samjho,
Samajh ko samajhna bhi aik samajh hai,
jo samajh ko samajhta nahi, woh meri samajh mein nasamajh hai.
10. Chunnu kay chacha ne,
chunnu ki chachi ko,
chandni raat mein,
chandi ki chamach se,
chatni chatai.
11. unche unte ki punch unchi
kuch unte uncha kuch punch unchi
12. chachi ney chacha ko chandni raat mey chaandi key chumach sey chatni chatai
13. phool ley ker phool aya phool ker may nay kaha, phool kyoon laay ho sahib tum to khud hi phool
ho
14. Nazar ney nazar ko nazar bhar key deykha, Nazar ki nazar ko nazar lag gai
15. ye der he wo der, jis der pe seda, mita he her be der ko der, yani der be der, phir ker der der, Aata
he heder ke der per
16. Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho. Samajh samajhna bhi ik samajh he, jo lakh samjhane per na
samjhe, meri samajh meN wo na samajh he

Rough Translations

1.
A Chinese lady brings sugar in ceramic bowl.
2.
The gift which I sent you, have you received it? When you receive the gift, let me
know that you received the gift.
3.
Windows shake because windows shake. Because of windows shaking there is a
lot of shaking. Because of a lot of shaking, windows shake.
4.
 One sweet sister rang the bell at twelve and at the same time she made some
vegetables with her elderly sister-in-law's daughter.
5.
ripe papaya, unripe papaya
6.
My aunt gave some sauce to my uncle with a silver spoon.
7.
News has come from China that four Chinese policeman have arrested four
chinese children for licking sugar from a spoon at 4:44.
8.
Uncooked popadum, cooked popadum
9.
In an understanding way, understand the understanding. Understanding the
understanding is an understanding in itself. He who doesn't understand the
understanding, in my understanding, is a 'non-understander' (oblivious, dumb,
stupid).
10.
Little boy's Uncle made little boy's auntie to lick the sauce with a silver spoon on
a moon night.
11.
(?)
12.
Auntie made uncle eat sauce with the silver spoon in the full moon night.
13.
Phool brought flowers for me. I said proudly ""Why did you bring the flowers? You
are a flower yourself.""
14.
(?) Nazar saw Nazar carefully
15.
(?) This is door, where always every one find the right door,after watching many
doors, he comes on the door of Heder (Imam Ali´s door).
16.
Understand wisdom by wisdom. Understanding wisdom by being wise is true
wisdom. Who does not understand wisdom even after understanding it, He
is...what? Unwise.

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Arabic Tongue Twisters

1.
2. roukhi we roukhik ya roukhi roukhain be roukh matrakh ma troukh roukhik roukhi bet roukh!
3. Arnab nattat men manwamha tabgha manwam gheer manwamha
4. Balah ta'allaq taht qal'it Halab.
5. Klit Khyara oukhalit Khyara laachaya
6. hadal mish mish mish min mish mishna
7. Daq al-bab
Kaloo, ""Mean?""
Kaloo, ""Amin""
Kaloo, ""Malak?""
Kaloo, ""l-hajji""
Kaloo, ""Malha?""
Kaloo, ""Mawtat""
Kaloo, ""Balla?!""
Kaloo, ""Walla.""
Kaloo, ""Hakni!""
Kaloo, ""Yalla!""
8. Tabagna tabag takum.
Lamma tabagna ja yetbug tabakum, liga tabakum tabig tabagna
9. Teen darna min teen dar toag, wa teen dar toag min teen darna
10. Laa wala balla wallahi
11. Khamees comash khashem Habash, habash comash khashem Khamees
12. Larry wara larry wara larry...
13. Tarik teg taki
14. Hutt el turschi bitschies el schu
15. Khait hareer ala hait khaleel
16. Battatna battat baten battatkom,
tegdar battatkom etbot baten battatna
methel ma battatna battat baten battetkom
17. kasab afasna kasar afas asabna ye2dar asab afaskom yeksar afas asabkom zay ma asab afasna
kasar afas asabna?
18. arnab anwar nat fe manwar anwar
19. wa7id abou kirsh, abil wa7id abou kirsh, galuh: ""3indak kirsh?""
galuh: maftikirsh
20.

21. Hosam haseb hisab Hassen

22. Ihna Indana Baqra, wakhalti baraka Indaha Baqra, Ihna dabahna baqaratna,wakhalti baraka
dabahat bakarataha, telaat maraqa raqabat wakhalti baraka attam min maraqa raqabat baqratna
23. Karton tekartanabu yegdar shaikh almitkartineen yitkartan bikartoon matikartanabu
24. Ihna Dabahna Bagretna elbarga, Dar el-borga dabaho bagrethom elbarga, telaat maraget lahmet
ragbet bagretna elbarga atyab men maraget lahmet ragbet bagrethom elbarga
25. Shajret Natesh, Jeet Antesh(h)a, Mannatshatesh
26. Ana Ma Statyastaksh, Ma Testatsyesneesh
27. khalti basima basbisitli basbosa bilsamna wil sokar bas ya khosara til'it sokhna lasa'itni fi lisani
28. Deak sagahfe we deak sagahfengah nat el deak el sagahfe nagah el deake el sagahfengah gahfe
yakeder el deak el sagahfe yangahe el deak el sagahfengah zay el deak el sagahfengah nagh el
deak el sagahfe gafe?
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30.

31.

32.

Rough Translations

1.
These apricots ar not our apricots. The place of these apricots is not the place of
our apricots
2.
My soul and your soul are one soul. Wherever your soul goes, my soul also goes!
3.
A rabbit jumped to another bed looking for another.
4.
Dates were hung over the castle of Halab (Aleppo).
5.
She was eating one cucumber and left one cucumber for Shaya.
6.
These apricots are not from our apricots
7.
He knocked on the door He said, ""Who?"" He said, ""Amin"" He said, ""What's
your problem?"" He said, ""The old woman"" He said, ""What's her problem?"" He
said, ""She's dead"" He said, ""Really?!"" He said, ""Really"" He said, ""Follow
me!"" He said, ""Let's go!""
8.
Our plate came to sit on top of yours. When he came he found you plate on top
of him
9.
Our house's clay is from toag's house clay, and toag's house clay is from our
house's clay...
10.
No, you, for god's sake I swear!
11.
Khamees catches the nose of Habash, Habash catches the nose of Khamees.
12.
A lorry after a lorry after a lorry...
13.
Tarik hits (is hitting?) Taki
14.
Put the sour vegetables (?) in the pocket of the policeman
15.
A silk thread on Khaleel's wall.
16.
 Our duck blew up your duck's stomach, can your duck blow up our duck's
stomach like our duck blew up your duck's stomach?
17.
Our sugar canes broke our sugar canes' basket. Could your sugar canes brake
your sugar canes' basket like our sugar canes did?
18.
Anwars (arabic name) rabbit jumped into Anwars court.
19.
One fat man with a big fat belly, met another fat man with a big fat belly, he said
""Do you have a big fat belly?"" The man replied: ""I don't think so!""
20.
There is a tarboosh, that we have set up, and a tarboosh, that we have not set
up. Stand up tarboosh-wearer, and set up the tarboosh that we have not set up.
German: (Da ist) ein Tarboush, den wir aufgesetzt haben, und ein Tarboush, den
wir nicht aufgesetzt haben. Steh auf, Tarboush-Träger, und setz den Tarboush auf,
den wir nicht aufgesetzt haben.
21.
Hosam counted Hassan's account
22.
We have a cow, and my aunt Baraka has a cow. We slaughtered our cow, and our
aunt Baraka slaughtered her cow. The soup of our cow was tastier than than of
my aunt Baraka's cow.
23.
A cardboard in a cardboard, can you, the master of the cardboards, be a
cardboard?
24.
We killed our spotted cow, Al-Borga family also killed their spotted cow. The soup
made from the meat of the neck of our spotted cow came much tastier than the
soup made from the meat of the neck of Dar Al-Borga's spotted cow !
25.
A bush tree, I tried to pull it out, but it did not go out !
26.
Iam not making a fool of you, don't make a fool of me !
27.
aunt basima prepared me some basbosa (an arabian
dessert) with sugar and margarine but unfortunatly it was too hot and I burnt my
tongue!
28.
A rooster (whith the name of) Saghfe jumped on the second one (called
Sagahfengah) and beat him up. Can the rooster Sgahfangah jump on the rooster
Sagahfe and beat him up like the rooster Sagahfe beat the Sagahfangah?
29.
(?)
30.
(?)
31.
(?)
32.
(?)

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Hindi Tongue Twisters

1.
2. madan, mohan, malveya madras mein machhli maarte maarte mare
3. Chaar Kachari Kachche Chacha,
Chaar Kachari Pakke.
Pakki Kachari Kachche Chacha,
Kachchi Kachari Pakke!
4

Raja Gope Gopal Gopaggam Daas

Khadak Singh ke khadakane se khadakati hain khidkiyan, khidkiyon ke

khadakane se khadakata hai Khadak Singh.

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 Jo hase ga wo fase ga.
Jo fase ga wo hase ga.

Chandu ke chacha ne chandu ki chachi ko chandni-chowk

mein chaandi ki chammach se chatni chackaee.

Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samjho.

Samajh samajh ke samajh ko samajhna hi samajh hai.
Jo samajh ko samajh kar bhi na samajhe
Voh....kya hai? Nasamajh hai.

10

kaccha papad, pakka papad.

11

mar ham bi gaye, marham ke liye, marham na mila. ham dam se gaye,
hamdam ke liye, hamdam na mila

12

uth unchi,
uth ki pheet unchi,
phoonch uth ki unchi

13
 Ente sanchi, chanthayil thaicha sanchi

14

rakshi shaktishali shasak

15

Dubey dubai mein doob gaya

16

tola ram tala tol ke tel mein tul gaya

tula hua tola tale ke tale hue tel mein tala gaya

17

nazar nazar me har ek naraz me hume us nazar ki talash thi. wo narazar

mili to sahi par us nazar me ab wo nazar kahan thi.

18

samjh samjh ke samjh ko samjho..samjha samjhna

bhi ek samjh hai..samjh samjhke jo na samjhe ..meri samajh me wo na
samajh hai!

19

Kaka ae kaki ne kashmir no kabat mathi kachi keri no kachumber kadhi

kadhva kahnyu.

20

faalse ka faasla

21

Unth uncha, Unth ki peeth unchi. Unchi poonchh unth ki.

 Rough Translations

1.
There is a tall camel, the tail of the camel is high, more than the tail,
the back of the camel is higher.
2.
Madan, Mohan and Malveya got killed while trying to kill fish in
Madras.
3.
Four fritters (Kachari) are half-cooked uncle. Four fritters are well-
cooked. The well-cooked fritters are half-cooked uncle. The half-
cooked fritters are well-cooked!!!!
5.
When Khadak Singh shakes, the windows shake; when the windows
shake, Khadak Singh shakes.
6.
He who laughs will get trapped. He who gets trapped will laugh.
7.
Chandus' uncle asked Chandus' aunt to taste a pickle with the help
of a silver spoon at Chandni-chowk.
8.
Understand wisdom by wisdom. Understanding wisdom by being
wise is true wisdom. Who does not understand wisdom even after
understanding it, He is...what? Unwise.
9.
Uncle fed auntie at Chandni Chonk with a silver spoon!
10.
Uncooked papadum, cooked papadum.
11.
I died because I needed some ointment for my wounds and I did not
get it. I died because I yearned for my beloved and I could not get
her.
12.
(?)
13.
My bag, stitched at the market
14.
ruler with demonic powers
15.
Dubey drowned in Dubai.
16.
Based on traditional legend dedicated to my grandfather Tola Ram
who made it posible.
17.
(?)
18.
(?)
19.
(?)
20.
 distance of just a small cherry like fruit
21.
Camel is high, Camel's back is high. Tail of the camel is high.

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Bengali or Bangla Tongue Twisters

jole chun taja, tele chul taja

pakhi paka pNepe khay

chacha chnacha chata chnechona, aa-chnacha chata chnacho

babla gachhe bagh jhulchhe

baaro haari raabri baro barabari

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kacha gab paka gab

Rough Translations

1.
Lime fresh in water, hair fresh in oil.
2.
The bird eats ripe papaya.
3.
Uncle don't polish the polished bamboo-strips, polish the un-polished
ones!
4.
The Tiger is hanging from the babla-tree.
5.
Twelve bowl of ""Raabri"" (sweet) is too much!
6.
Green gab (a fruit). ripe gab.

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English Tongue Twisters
tongue twisters
1

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?

A quick witted cricket critic.

IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF;

programming language PL/I by Bruce Walker

I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.

Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.

How many boards

Could the Mongols hoard
If the Mongol hordes got bored?

from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterson

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 How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents.

by Raymond Weisling

Denise sees the fleece,

Denise sees the fleas.
At least Denise could sneeze
and feed and freeze the fleas.

Coy knows pseudonoise codes.

by Pierre Abbat

10

Sheena leads, Sheila needs.

11

The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout
Thursday.

12

Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped

and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug -
although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns
through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of
that morning.

by Meaghan Desbiens

13

Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

 14

Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks.

15

You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus!

From a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson

16

Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.

17

Clean clams crammed in clean cans.

18

Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.

19

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch
wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

20

Stupid superstition!

21

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.

22

World Wide Web

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To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock

In a pestilential prison with a life long lock
Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock
From a cheap and chippy chopper on a big black block.

by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan from The Mikado

24

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky
people pick.

from a commercial

25

If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews?

26

Luke's duck likes lakes. Luke Luck licks lakes. Luke's duck licks lakes. Duck
takes licks in lakes Luke Luck likes. Luke Luck takes licks in lakes duck
likes.

from Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks

27

Seventy seven benevolent elephants

harder than it seems

28

There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three
thieves go through.

29

Santa's Short Suit Shrunk

name of a children's book

 30

I was born on a pirate ship

Hold your tounge while saying it.

31

I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream!

32

Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses.

33

In 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen.

From the film ""My Fair Lady""

34

One-one was a race horse.

Two-two was one too.
One-one won one race.
Two-two won one too.

35

Eleven benevolent elephants

36

Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ...

37

Willy's real rear wheel

David Bowser in Harrisburg, PA

38

If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps

 that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years?

from Naomi Fletcher's real life

39

Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards

40

Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.

41

Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of
Pinch or framing his famed French finch photos?

42

Pirates Private Property

43

What a terrible tongue twister,

what a terrible tongue twister,
what a terrible tongue twister...

44

When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. ...
continued here

45

A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose!

by Kitty Morrow

46

Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.

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Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April.

48

Flash message!

49

Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins.

50

Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a

black spotted hassock.

51

How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook
cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who
could cook cookies.

52

How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog

ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a
groundhog could hog ground.

53

How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot.

54

How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods'
woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could
and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods'
woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he would, as
much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a
woodchuck could and would chuck wood.
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Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me.

My mother's making me marry Mary Mac.
Will I always be so Merry when Mary's taking care of me?
Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary Mac?

from a song by Carbon Leaf

56

Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an
twat, to learn the letter ""T"".

57

Pete's pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor
pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen.

58

She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's
shoes on the sofa?

59

Through three cheese trees three free fleas flew.

While these fleas flew, freezy breeze blew.
Freezy breeze made these three trees freeze.
Freezy trees made these trees' cheese freeze.
That's what made these three free fleas sneeze.

from Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss

60

Two tried and true tridents

61

rudder valve reversals

the cause of some plane crashes

62
 Birdie birdie in the sky laid a turdie in my eye.
If cows could fly I'd have a cow pie in my eye.

63

How many cans can a cannibal nibble

if a cannibal can nibble cans?
As many cans as a cannibal can nibble
if a cannibal can nibble cans.

64

A twister of twists once twisted a twist;

A twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist;
If in twisting a twist one twist should untwist,
The untwisted twist would untwist the twist.

65

Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on

Thursday.

66

Four furious friends fought for the phone.

67

Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering.

68

Bobby Bippy bought a bat.

Bobby Bippy bought a ball.
With his bat Bob banged the ball
Banged it bump against the wall
But so boldly Bobby banged it
That he burst his rubber ball
""Boo!"" cried Bobby
Bad luck ball
Bad luck Bobby, bad luck ball
Now to drown his many troubles
 Bobby Bippy's blowing bubbles.

from mid-Willamette Valley theater

69

Black background, brown background.

70

Why do you cry, Willy?

Why do you cry?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy?
Why, Willy? Why?

71

Very well, very well, very well ...

72

Tie twine to three tree twigs.

73

Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural
brewery.

74

Mares eat oats and does eat oats,

and little lambs eat ivy.
A Kid will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?

75

Three short sword sheaths.

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 Caution: Wide Right Turns

Seen on semi-tractor trailers

77

Rolling red wagons

78

Green glass globes glow greenly.

79

Robert Wayne Rutter

personal name

80

I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking
him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within.

81

When I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could outsaw any other saw I
ever saw, saw. If you've got a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw saw then
I'd like to see your saw saw.

82

black back bat

83

The queen in green screamed.

84

How many berries could a bare berry carry,

if a bare berry could carry berries?
Well they can't carry berries
 (which could make you very wary)
but a bare berry carried is more scary!

85

What did you have for breakfast?

- rubber balls and liquor!
What did you have for lunch?
- rubber balls and liquor!
What did you have for dinner?
- rubber balls and liquor!
- rubber balls and liquor!

86

Snap Crackel pop,

Snap Crackel pop,
Snap Crackel pop

87

Six slimy snails sailed silently.

88

I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.

89

Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward.

90

Red Buick, blue Buick

91

Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much.

by Matt Duchnowski
 92

He threw three balls.

93

The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.

94

Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand.

95

We're real rear wheels.

96

Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.

97

I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch.

98

Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear.

99

On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser.

100

Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle.

101

Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks.

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How much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny

canonball can cram caramel in a camel?

103

He threw three free throws.

104

Fresh French fried fly fritters

105

Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ...

106

I was born on a pirate ship.

Say it while holding your tongue.

107

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

108

Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's.

109

Eddie edited it.

110
 Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thick, say it quick!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thicker, say it quicker!
Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Don't eat with your mouth full!

111

Wow, race winners really want red wine right away!

112

The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter
arrives.

113

I'll chew and chew until my jaws drop.

114

Triple Dickle

a strong drink

115

How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets?

116

Supposed to be pistachio,
supposed to be pistachio,
supposed to be pistachio.

by Diane Estep

117

Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.

 from a high school singing class

118

Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall

119

Argyle Gargoyle

120

Peggy Babcock

personal name

121

If you're keen on stunning kites and cunning stunts,

buy a cunning stunning stunt kite.

122

Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town.

123

Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

by Pierre Abbat

124

Willie's really weary.

125

Yally Bally had a jolly golliwog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly
golli' a dollie made of holly! The golli', feeling jolly, named the holly dollie,
Polly. So Yally Bally's jolly golli's holly dollie Polly's also jolly!

by Mistah Twistah, Tony Valuch

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Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the
catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the
temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature watcher,
the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the
catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature's
rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the
catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls.

by Sharon Johnson

127

Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy's Turtles tie.

128

John, where Peter had had ""had had"", had had ""had"";
""had had"" had had his master's approval.

129

Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.

130

Pail of ale aiding ailing Al's travails.

from India

131

Double bubble gum, bubbles double.

132

If you can't can any candy can,

how many candy cans can a candy canner can
if he can can candy cans ?

133

Octopus ocular optics.

 and
A cat snaps a rat's paxwax.

by Pierre Abbat

134

This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly.

135

Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli ....

136

I saw Esau kissing Kate.

I saw Esau, he saw me, and she saw I saw Esau.

137

A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara.

138

Suzie Seaword's fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to

sift.

139

I eat eel while you peel eel

140

Nothing is worth thousands of deaths.

141

Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia.

142
 East Fife Four, Forfar Five

An actual football result from the Scottish third division

143

Roy Wayne
Roy Rogers
Roy Rash

personal names

144

Wunwun was a racehorse, Tutu was one too. Wunwun won one race, Tutu
won one too.

145

It's not the cough that carries you off,

it's the coffin they carry you off in!

146

She said she should sit.

147

Mo mi mo me send me a toe,
Me me mo mi get me a mole,
Mo mi mo me send me a toe,
Fe me mo mi get me a mole,
Mister kister feet so sweet,
Mister kister where will I eat !?

148

Will you, William? Will you, William? Will you, William?

Can't you, don't you, won't you, William?

149

I wish you were a fish in my dish

 150

She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and

amicably welcoming him in.

An actor's vocal warmup for lips and tongue.

151

The big black bug bit the big black bear,

but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!

152

Dust is a disk's worst enemy.

153

I see a sea down by the seashore.

But which sea do you see down by the seashore?

154

Old Mr. Hunt

had a cuddy punt
Not a cuddy punt
but a hunt punt cuddy.

155

As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.

156

Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.

157

I'm not the fig plucker,

Nor the fig plucker's son,
 but I'll pluck your figs
till the fig plucker comes.

158

A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed

gradually giving gophers gooey guts.

159

Aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum, aluminum, linoleum

160

Thin grippy thick slippery.

161

There once was a two toed, she toad, tree toad,

and a three toed, he toad, tree toad....

162

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick

163

The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside
his inside inn.

164

If you notice this notice,

you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.

165

If you understand, say ""understand"".

If you don't understand, say ""don't understand"".
But if you understand and say ""don't understand"".
 how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?

166

She sees cheese.

167

Brent Spence Bridge

Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

places in Ohio

168

Chukotko-Kamchatkan

pertaining to the Siberian people living in Kamchatka

169

There those thousand thinkers were thinking

where did those other three thieves go through.

170

Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.

171

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.

172

Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick

sailors.
 173

I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't!

174

But a harder thing still to do.

What a to do to die today

At a quarter or two to two.
A terrible difficult thing to say
But a harder thing still to do.
The dragon will come at the beat of the drum
With a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to
At a quarter or two to two today,
At a quarter or two to two.

From a college drama class

175

Love's a feeling you feel when you feel

you're going to feel the feeling you've never felt before.

176

Silly sheep weep and sleep.

177

Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...

178

A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not.

179

I know a boy named Tate

who dined with his girl at eight eight.
I'm unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight
or what Tate's tête à tête ate at eight eight.
 180

I saw a saw in Arkansas,

that would outsaw any saw I ever saw,
and if you got a saw
that will outsaw the saw I saw in Arkansas
let me see your saw.

181

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

182

Real weird rear wheels

by Michael Dworkin and Bill Harvey

183

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.

184

A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.

185

Knife and a fork bottle and a cork

that is the way you spell New York.

Chicken in the car and the car can go,

that is the way you spell Chicago.

186

Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.

187

Two to two to Toulouse?

 188

Swatch watch

189

Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the
conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in
education because the chief occupation is cultivation.

190

Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

191

Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood

192

I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.

I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.

193

If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they

keep their coloured coat coloured properly?

194

We won, we won, we won, we won, ...

195

Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.

by Julia Dicum

196

How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind

 ground?

197

How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?

by Jillian Goetz

198

As he gobbled the cakes on his plate,

the greedy ape said as he ate,
the greener green grapes are,
the keener keen apes are
to gobble green grape cakes,
they're great!

from Dr. Seuss's O Say Can You Say?

199

How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle
myrtle?
A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if
a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.

200

Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.

201

Rattle your bottles in Rollocks' van.

202

A fly and flea flew into a flue,

said the fly to the flea 'what shall we do?'
'let us fly' said the flea
said the fly 'shall we flee'
so they flew through a flaw in the flue.

203
 How much dew does a dewdrop drop
If dewdrops do drop dew?
They do drop, they do
As do dewdrops drop
If dewdrops do drop dew.

204

If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie,

why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kantie can.

205

Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.

206

But she as far surpasseth Sycorax,

As great'st does least.

Caliban describing Miranda's beauty in ""The Tempest"", by William Shakespeare

207

Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread.

208

She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz.

209

Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?

210

Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.

211

Mummies make money.

 212

Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.

213

An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt.

214

A black bloke's back brake-block broke.

215

This is a zither.

216

Fresh fried fish,

Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.

217

There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.

218

Really leery, rarely Larry.

219

Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue
blood.

220
 Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.

221

Her whole right hand really hurts.

difficult in Brazil

222

Come, come,
Stay calm, stay calm,
No need for alarm,
It only hums,
It doesn't harm.

223

Tie a knot, tie a knot.

Tie a tight, tight knot.
Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.

224

Red blood, green blood

225

I'm a sheet slitter.

I slit sheets.
I'm the sleekest sheet slitter
that ever slit sheets.

226

Round the rugged rock, the ragged rascal ran.

227

Busy buzzing bumble bees.

 228

A lump of red leather, a red leather lump

229

Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat.

230

I shot the city sheriff.

I shot the city sheriff.
I shot the city sheriff.

231

A lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street.

""Are you copper-bottoming them, my man?""
""No, I'm aluminiuming 'em, Mum""

232

I am not a pheasant plucker,

I'm a pheasant plucker's son
but I'll be plucking pheasants
When the pheasant plucker's gone.

233

Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.

All day long she sits and shines,
all day long she shines and sits,
and sits and shines, and shines and sits,
and sits and shines, and shines and sits.
Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.

All day long he fits and tucks,
all day long he tucks and fits,
and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits,
and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits.
Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.
 sung by Ian Mackintosh

234

Preshrunk silk shirts.

235

Craig Quinn's quick trip to Crabtree Creek.

236

Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities.

237

While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash

Washington's windows with warm washing water.

238

A big black bear sat on a big black bug.

239

A bloke's bike back brake block broke.

240

Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated
seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.

241

Betty Botter bought some butter but she said the butter's bitter. If I put it
in my batter it will make my batter bitter. So, she bought some better
butter, better than the bitter butter and she put it in her batter and her
batter was not bitter. So 'twas good that Betty Botter bought some better
butter.
 242

How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?

243

Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.

244

No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows.

by the Hofman family

245

Freshly fried fresh flesh

246

There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two
to two to two, too.

247

There once was a man who had a sister, his name was Mr. Fister. Mr.
Fister's sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. Mr. Fister didn't sell sea
shells, he sold silk sheets. Mr. Fister told his sister that he sold six silk
sheets to six shieks. The sister of Mr. Fister said I sold six shells to six
shieks too!

248

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the
sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?

249

She stood by Burgess's fish sauce shop welcoming him in.

250
 Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again.
Well swum swan!

251

Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.

252

She sells sea shells on the sea shore;

The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells.

253

Tie twine to three tree twigs.

254

You know New York.

You need New York.
You know you need unique New York.

255

What noise annoys an oyster most?

A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

256

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

257

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

258
 Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

259

She slits the sheet she sits on.

260

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the

streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and
hiccoughed.

261

A twister of twists once twisted a twist.

and the twist that he twisted was a three twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist, if a twist should untwist,
would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists.

262

Red lolly, yellow lolly.

263

I am a mother pheasant plucker,

I pluck mother pheasants.
I am the best mother pheasant plucker,
that ever plucked a mother pheasant!

264

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front

in the front of her country cut pettycoat.

265

Knapsack strap.

266
John, where Molly had had ""had"", had had ""had had"". ""Had had "" had
had the teachers approval

267

Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.

268

Great gray goats

269

Whether the weather be fine

or whether the weather be not.
Whether the weather be cold
or whether the weather be hot.
We'll weather the weather
whether we like it or not.

270

Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...

271

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

272

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

273

How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?

274

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

 275

If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker

it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock
or some joker who is slicker
is going to trick you of your liquor
if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.

276

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

277

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager

imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

278

Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers

Such skill as sewing shirts
Our shy young sister Suzie shows
Some soldiers send epistles
Say they'd rather sleep in thistles
Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Suzie sews.

279

Red leather, yellow leather, ...

280

Announcement at Victoria Station, London:

Two to two to Tooting too!

281

Richard's wretched ratchet wrench.

282

Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers.

 283

Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the 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 bitter batter better.
So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter,
put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
So 'twas better Betty Botter bought some better butter.

284

A box of biscuits,
a box of mixed biscuits,
and a biscuit mixer.

285

When a doctor doctors a doctor,

does the doctor doing the doctoring
doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or
does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

286

What to do to die today at a minute or two to two. A terribly difficult thing

to say and a harder thing to do. A dragon will come and beat his drum Ra-
ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too at a minute or two to two today. At a minute or two
to two.

Who is the author?

287

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which
watch?

288

The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

289
 She sees seas slapping shores.

290

A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.

by Ray Weisling

291

Greek grapes.

292

Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar owned a seesaw.

Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See.

293

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

294

There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich.

295

A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

296

Never trouble about trouble until trouble troubles you!

297

Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a

sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the
thick of his thumb. Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful
thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb,
see that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three
thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.
 298

Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...

299

A smart fella, a fella smart.

It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart.

300

She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sieve of unsifted thistles and a sieve of

sifted thistles and the sieve of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sieve of
sifted thistles because she is a thistle-sifter.

301

Admidst the mists and coldest frosts,

With stoutest wrists and loudest boasts,
He thrusts his fists against the posts,
And still insists he sees the ghosts.

302

Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear,

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair,
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy,
was he?

303

Blue glue gun, green glue gun.

304

Betty bought some butter,

but the butter Betty bought was bitter,
so Betty bought some better butter,
and the better butter Betty bought
was better than the bitter butter Betty bought before!
 305

Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, ...

306

Mallory's hourly salary.

307

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.

308

Don't spring on the inner-spring this spring or there will be an offspring

next spring.

309

A flea and a fly in a flue,

were imprisoned. So what could they do?
Said the fly, ""Let us flee"".
Said the flea, ""Let us fly"".
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

310

King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb.

A thousand thistles King Thistle stuck in the thistle of his thumb.
If King Thistle stuck a thousand thistles in the thistle of his thumb,
How many thistles did King Thistle stick in the thistle of his thumb?

311

Five fat friars frying flat fish.

312

The bottle of perfume that Willy sent

 was highly displeasing to Millicent.
Her thanks were so cold
that they quarreled, I'm told
o'er that silly scent Willy sent Millicent

313

Esau Wood sawed wood. All the wood Esau Wood saw, Esau Wood would
saw. All the wood Wood saw, Esau sought to saw. One day Esau Wood's
wood-saw would saw no wood. So Esau Wood sought a new wood-saw. The
new wood-saw would saw wood. Oh, the wood Esau Wood would saw. Esau
sought a saw that would saw wood as no other wood-saw would saw. And
Esau found a saw that would saw as no other wood-saw would saw. And
Esau Wood sawed wood.

314

Betty bought some bitter butter

and it made her batter bitter,
so Betty bought some better butter
to make her bitter batter better.

315

A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk,

but the stump thunk the skunk stunk.

316

I'm not the fig plucker,

nor the fig pluckers' son,
but I'll pluck figs
Till the fig plucker comes.

317

Extinct insects' instincts, extant insects' instincts.

by Pierre Abbat

318

The sixth sheik's sixth sheep 's sick.

 319

Sweater weather, leather weather.

320

One black beetle bled only black blood, the other black beetle bled blue.

321

The big black bug's blood ran blue.

322

I am not the pheasant plucker,

I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
I am only plucking pheasants
'cause the pheasant plucker's running late.

323

Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not. So it is better to be Shott than
Nott. Some say Nott was not shot. But Shott says he shot Nott. Either the
shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot. If the shot Shott
shot shot Nott, Nott was shot. But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the
shot was Shott, not Nott. However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but
Nott. So, Ed Nott was shot and that's hot! Is it not?

324

We will learn why her lowly lone, worn yarn loom will rarely earn immoral
money.

by Ray Weisling

325

Unique New York, unique New York, unique New York, ...

326
 If Dr. Seuss Were a Technical Writer.....

Here's an easy game to play.

Here's an easy thing to say:

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,

And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,

And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!

You can't say this? What a shame, sir!

We'll find you another game, sir.

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,

Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,

And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to ram your rom.
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!

from the Unix fortune database, attributed to DementDJ@ccip.perkin-elmer.com in the

rec.humor.funny newsgroup

327

Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut Butter.

Peter Pan Peanut is the peanut picky people pick.

328

Ray Rag ran across a rough road.

Across a rough road Ray Rag ran.
Where is the rough road Ray Rag ran across?

329
 Elmer Arnold

personal name

330

A Tudor who tooted the flute

tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
Said the two to the tutor,
""Is it harder to toot or
to tutor two tooters to toot?""

331

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.

332

Tim, the thin twin tinsmith.

333

Thin sticks, thick bricks

334

Red lorry, yellow lorry.

335

A big black bug bit a big black bear and made the big black bear bleed
blood.

336

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

if a wooodchuck could chuck wood?
A woodchuck would chuck all the wood
 a woodchuck could chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

337

Larry Hurley, a burly squirrel hurler, hurled a furry squirrel through a curly
grill.

338

Six twin screwed steel steam cruisers.

339

A nurse anesthetist unearthed a nest.

340

How much sh*t can a sh*t slinger sling

If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t?
He'd sling as much sh*t as a sh*t slinger could
If a sh*t slinger could sling sh*t!

341

I thought a thought.
But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought,
I wouldn't have thought so much.

342

She sells sea shells on the seashore.

The seashells she sells are seashells she is sure.

343

From the programmer's desk:

She sells cshs by the C shore.
 344

A noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more!

345

Plain bun, plum bun, bun without plum.

346

There was a young man called Fisher

who was fishing for fish in a fissure.
Then a cod with a grin
pulled the fisherman in.
Now they're searching the fissure for Fisher.

347

Slick slim slippers sliding south.

348

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.

349

Ah shucks, six stick shifts stuck shut!

350

Meter maid Mary married manly Matthew Marcus Mayo,

a moody male mailman moving mostly metered mail.

351
 The king would sing, about a ring that would go ding.

352

How much dough would Bob Dole dole

if Bob Dole could dole dough?
Bob Dole would dole as much dough
as Bob Dole could dole,
if Bob Dole could dole dough.

353

People pledging plenty of pennies.

354

Mares eat oats and does eat oats, but little lambs eat ivy.

From a pre-war English music-hall song.

355

To begin to toboggan first, buy a toboggan.

But do not buy too big a toboggan!
Too big a toboggan is too big a toboggan to buy to begin to toboggan.

356

Courtney Dworkin

personal name

357

Switch watch, wrist watch.

358

Six thick thistle sticks.

359
 Black bug's blood

360

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.

Donald O'Connor and Gene Kelly in ""Singing in the rain""

361

I wish I were what I was when I wished I were what I am.

362

She sells seashells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are seashore
seashells.

363

Irish wristwatch

364

She had shoulder surgery.

365

To put a pipe in byte mode, type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE.

from the Visual C++ help file.

366

Three Tree Turtles

Three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters.

If three tree turtles took turns talking tongue twisters,
where's the twisters the three tree turtles talked?
 367

My Friend Gladys

Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she's sad.

Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she's glad.
But the sadness of her sadness,
and the gladness of her gladness,
Are nothing like her madness when she's mad!

368

I would if I could, and if I couldn't, how could I?

You couldn't, unless you could, could you?

Common school kids nonsense, circa 1910

369

real rear wheel

370

Give me the gift of a grip-top sock,

A clip drape shipshape tip top sock.
Not your spinslick slapstick slipshod stock,
But a plastic, elastic grip-top sock.
None of your fantastic slack swap slop
From a slap dash flash cash haberdash shop.
Not a knick knack knitlock knockneed knickerbocker sock
With a mock-shot blob-mottled trick-ticker top clock.
Not a supersheet seersucker rucksack sock,
Not a spot-speckled frog-freckled cheap sheik's sock
Off a hodge-podge moss-blotched scotch-botched block.
Nothing slipshod drip drop flip flop or glip glop
Tip me to a tip top grip top sock.

articulation warmup for actors

371

National Sheepshire Sheep Association

372

The crow flew over the river with a lump of raw liver.
 373

The little red lorry went down Limuru road.

Limuru (Lee-moo-roo) road is a the name of a road in Kenya.

374

Flies fly but a fly flies.

375

Did Doug dig Dick's garden or did Dick dig Doug's garden?

by Paul Davies

376

If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot to talk ere the tot could totter, ought
the Hottentot tot be taught to say ought or naught or what ought to be
taught 'er?

377

How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can
can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans.

378

Federal Express is now called FedEx.

When I retire I'll be a FedEx ex.
But if I'm an officer when I retire, I'll be an ex Fedex Exec.
Then after a divorce, my ex-wife will be an ex FedEx exec's ex.
If I rejoin FedEx in time, I'd be an ex ex FedEx exec.
When we remarry, my wife will be an ex ex FedEx exec's ex.

379

Which witch snitched the stitched switch for which the Swiss witch wished?

by Ann Clark

380

Does this shop sport short socks with spots?

 381

Customer: Do you have soothers?

Shopkeeper (thinking he had said ""scissors""): No, we don't have scissors.
Customer: Soothers!
Shopkeeper : No, we don't have scissors or soothers.
... scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, scissors or soothers, ...

actual conversation in a shop in Canada, recorded by Don Monson

382

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.

All day long he fits and tucks,
all day long he tucks and fits,
and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits,
and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits.
Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.

383

No need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.

384

I wish to wish, I dream to dream, I try to try, and I live to live, and I'd die
to die, and I cry to cry but I dont know why.

From a Song by Soundgarden named ""Somewhere"" composed and written by Ben Shepherd

385

My mommy makes me muffins on Mondays.

by Tim McCauley, age 8

386

A real rare whale.

387

Terry Teeter, a teeter-totter teacher, taught her daughter Tara to teeter-

 totter, but Tara Teeter didn't teeter-totter as Terry Teeter taught her to.

by Pierre Abbat

388

Ken Dodd's dad's dog 's dead.

389

I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a

big basket of biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits.
Then I took the big basket of biscuits and the basket of big biscuits and
mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big
basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and
brought the basket of biscuits and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit
mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines.

Said to be a diction test for would-be radio announcers: To be read clearly, without mistakes, in
less than 20 seconds (from Coronet Magazine, August 1948).

390

Kanta is a masai girl, she can tie a tie and untie a tie, if kanta can tie a tie
and untie a tie, why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie?

391

I'm a mother pheasant plucker.

I pluck mother pheasants.
I'm the pleasantest mother pheasant plucker,
That ever plucked a mother pheasant.
Actually, ...
I'm Not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's son.
But I'll stay and pluck the pheasants
Till the pheasant plucking 's done!

392

If you go for a gopher a gopher will go for a gopher hole.

393

Seven slick and sexy sealskin ski suits slid slowly down the slope.
 394

The chief of the Leith police dismisseth us.

395

Fred Threlfall's thirty-five fine threads are finer threads than Fred Threlfall's
thirty-five thick threads.

by Anthony Nichols

396

Bug's black blood

397

Reed Wade Road

398

Jack's nap sack strap snapped.

399

I saw Esau sitting on a seesaw. I saw Esau; he saw me.

400

""Hitchcock Hawk Watch Spots Record Raptors""

Title of an article in the Neola Gazette

401

Sure, sir, the ship's sure shipshape, sir.

402

The Smothers brothers' father's mother's brothers are

 the Smothers brothers' mother's father's other brothers.

403

Two dozen double damask dinner napkins

from an old radio comedy program

404

The cat crept into the crypt, crapped and crept out.

405

Dear mother,
give your other udder
to my other brother.

406

Blended baby blue bug's blood blotches.

made up watching bugs splatter on the windshield ... ugh!

Rough Translations

3.
Hard for PL/I compilers to understand. The key to understanding this
is that there is no lexical distinction between keywords (IF, THEN,
and ELSE) and variables, which can also be IF, THEN, and ELSE.
Likewise, there is no lexical distinction between testing for equality
('=') and assignment ('='). So, this means: If the variable IF is equal
to the variable THEN, assign the variable ELSE to the variable THEN,
otherwise, assign the variable IF to the variable ELSE. As with many
tongue twisters in natural languages, this is NOT good style.
107.
Too wise you are. Too wise you be. I see you are. Too wise for me!
147.
(?)
336.
397.
name of a road in Batesville Arkansas

Thanks
 Gujarati Tongue Twisters

Kala Kaka a Kali Kaki ne Kanma Kahyu Ke Kando Kapi Kachumber Kar.

Rough Translations

1.
Uncle Kala whispered to Aunti Kali to prepare a salad by cutting the
onion.

Thanks

Kannada or Kanarese Tongue Twisters

1

Terikere yri male muru kari kurimari meyuthiddavu.

Bankapurada kempu kunkuma, bankapurada kempu kunkuma,

bankapurada kempu kunkuma, ...
 3

jambagi tookappa tumbida tuppada tambigi tandana

kurudu kudarege hurida hurakadli

Sampangappana maga Marisampangappa. Marisampangappana appa

Sampangappa.

Rough Translations

1.
Near the city Terikere's water hole three black lambs were grazing.
2.
red color powder of Bankapur
3.
a man named jambagi tookappa has brought bowl full of ghee
(butter fat)
4.
roasted grams for the blind horse
5.
Sampangappa's son is Marisampangappa (mari meaning Jr.).
Marisampangappa's father is Sampangappa.

Thanks
Malayalam Tongue Twisters
1

Aana alaralodalarl

Manasilakathathu manasilayennu paranjal, manasilayathukoodi

manasilakathe pookum. Manasilayoo ?

Chathele padikal pathu pacha thatha chathothirunnu.

Mashe Mashe Mashinte Makan Mashayal Mashu Mashinte Makan Mashe

Eanu Vilikku Mashe.

Manassilavattatthu Manassilayi Ennu Parranal Manassilayatum

Manassilavilla. Manassilayo?

6
 Aasari chethiya Aaru poolu verum poole

Koottam Koodi koottaan kootti, koottaan koottaan koottam koodi.

Virakeduthu vira keduthu vira keduthan virakeduthu

Kilirooruly valuruly

10

Cyclerally poloru lorryrally

11

Aadadalodadalay Odalododalay

Rough Translations

1.
(?)
2.
If you say that you understood what you did not understand, then
you will misunderstand what you understood. Did you understand ?
3.
Ten green parrots were found together sitting dead at the doorstep
of Chathel.
4.
(?)
5.
(?)
6.
The six chips chipped by the Carpenter were mere chips.
7.
Koottam koodi= collected people, many came together. Koottaan
kootti= tasted a dish, collected to collect. koottaan = a dish, to
taste, to collect three meanings to the same word at different
 context ""came together and tasted a dish, to taste the dish came
together"".
8.
Took firewood to stop shivering, to stop shivering took firewood. The
word vira means shivering due to cold and virake means fire wood.
9.
""Uruly""is an utensil made of bronze for high heat cooking which
doesn't have a handle. ""Kiliroor"" is a place: The ""uruly"" of Kiliroor
has ""val"" ie a tail, meaning handle.
10.
The rally of lorries appears same as the of rally of bicycles.
11.
(The) goat started shivering and running. Aad = Goat, Aadal =
Shivering, Odal = Running.

Nandi

Marathi Tongue Twisters

1

kakane kakuchya kamache kagad kapatatun kadhun katrine karakara

kaple.

Kakuni kakancha kapatatle kortatle kagad katrine karakara kaple.

Kakane Kakula Kapatat Kondle Karan Kakune Kakachya Kapatatle Kamache

Kagad Katrine Karakara Kapun Kaadhle.

Rough Translations

1.
(?)
2.
Aunty cut uncle's court papers form his cupboard using uncle's
scissors.
3.
Uncle shut aunty in the cupboard because she cut up his important
papers from the cupboard with a pair of scissors.

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 Punjabi Tongue Twisters
1

Dubba Tuppu Khal Tappe

Tup Dubbe Tuppuah.

Kacha papar pucca papar

Davinder di dadi de do dand dukhde, dilli de dukandar davinder di dadi de

dandan di davai de dinde.

Dil dikhda dukhre na sunda na sunanda

sunde sunde dukhre dil dukhda no dukhanda

Chachi nay chacha ko chandi kay chumuch say chutni chuttai.

6
 Khare kharhote chup chupite
kharka karke kharhawan pake
khar khar karke khabar sunave
sun suna subnu chup ho jave

Mera nam tera nam aur tera nam mera nam.

Kutio kutio kutay karday. Kaoon kaon kay kion. Kadee kadee kaon kaon
karkay kurian kolon khay kahy langday.

Rough Translations

1.
A box jumps over a ditch Box! Jump over a ditch!
2.
Raw papadam (flat crispy bread), baked papadam (flat crispy bread)
3.
Davinder's grandmother's two teeth hurt, the salesmen of Delhi gave
the medicine for Davinder's grandmother's teeth.
4.
When your heart hurts, it does not feel like telling its agony to
anyone, nor is it willing to listen anyone. On the other hand when
your heart is listening to someone's agony, it does not feel bad, nor
does it cause pain to anyone.
5.
My aunt offered my uncle some pickle in a silver spoon.
6.
While standing quietly, he puts on his wooden sandals with a rattle
and then tells the news with the tap of his shoes. After telling it to
all, he becomes quiet.
7.
My name is your name and your name is my name.
8.
Dogs make a noise. Why do they howl? Seldom do they make noise
disturbing the gulls.

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Telugu Tongue Twisters
1

Yerra Lorry Tella Lorry.

Kekeeka kekiki kaaka kaakiki vuntundaa?

rendu yerra laarilu nalgu nala laarilu

Laksha bakshyamulu bakshinchu lakshmiah ku okka bakshyamu

lakshyama.

gadi lona kandipappu gadi kinda pandikokku

Naanee nee nunnani nanu ninna nune naani nani ninnu nenannana?
 7

naalugu nalla lorrylu, aaru erra lorrylu.

Aaru yarra laariloo, naalugu nalla laareelu

Rough Translations

1.
Red lorry and white lorry.
2.
How can the feather of peacock belong to a rooster?
3.
(?)
4.
For Lakshmiah who eats 1 lac sweet breads (bakshyas), what is one
sweet bread to him ?
5.
redgram in basket and a bandicook under it
6.
NAANE(a guy name Naanee) NEE(you) NUNNANI(shaved)
NANU(head) NINNA(yesterday) NUNE(oil) NAANINANI(wetted with)
NINNU NENANNANA?(did I ask you).
7.
four black lorries and six red lorries
8.
Six red lorries, four black lorries

Thanks
 Tamil Tongue Twisters
1

Pachai Kulanthai Vazhai pazhathirkaga vizhundhu vivizhundhu azhuthathu.

Kokku netta kokku,

netta kokku itta mutta katta mutta.

Odara nariyila oru nari kizha nari

kizhanari mudugula oru pidi nira mayir.

Paithiyackaara aaspathiriyilE paithiyangaLucku vaithiyam

Paarckira vaithiyarucku paithiyam pidiththaal endha
Paithiyackaara aaspathiriyil paithiyangaLucku vaithiyam
Paarckira vaithiyar vandhu andha paithiyatthucku vaithiyam paarppaar?

Vazhai pazham vazhukki kizhavi oruthi vazhiyil nazhuvi vizhundhal.

 6

Kumbakonathil kurangugal kuchiyal kuthiyathal kurangugal kulathil

kubirena kuthithu kumalmittana.

Kizhatu kizhavan vyazhakizhamai vaazhai pazhathil vazhuki vizhunthan.

Kadalorathil Alai uruluthu piraluthu thaththalikuthu talam poduthu

yaar thechaa sattai

thaatha thecha sattai

10

Blue lorry uruluthu piraluthu.

11

kaka kakaka nu kathranala kaka nu peru vandatha?

kaka nu peru vandanala kaka kakaka nu kathutha?

Rough Translations

1.
Small Baby Cried asking for Banana
2.
Crane, is a tall crane. The egg hatched by the tall crane is hard.
3.
A fox that is running, is an old fox; old fox's back has a tuft of grey
hair.
4.
If a doctor at a lunatic asylum goes lunatic, which doctor working at
which lunatic asylum would come and treat the lunatic?
5.
Banana's made a grandma slip on the way
6.
At Kumbakonam monkeys were pricked by stick so the monkeys
 jumped into the pond and rejoiced.
7.
Old man slipped on a banana and fell on Thursday.
8.
By the seaside the wave is rolling, turning over, struggling, making
music.
9.
Who stitched the shirt. Grandfather stitched the shirt.
10.
Blue lorry is tumbling down.
11.
Did Kaka [Tamil for crow] get its name as ""Kaka"" because it cries
kaka? or does it cry kaka because it has the name Kaka?

Thanks

French Tongue Twisters

virelangues
1

Un chasseur sachant chasser sait chasser sans son chien de chasse.

Je suis ce que je suis et si je suis ce que je suis, qu'est-ce que je suis?

Santé n'est pas sans t, mais maladie est sans t.

Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches?

Archi-sèches!

L'Arabe Ali est mort au lit.

Moralité: Maure Ali, t'es mort alité.

6
 Où niche la pie? La pie niche haut.
Où niche l'oie? L'oie niche bas.
Où niche l'hibou? L'hibou niche ni haut ni bas !

Mon père est maire, mon frère est masseur.

Ces cerises sont si sûres qu'on ne sait pas si c'en sont.

Gros gras grand grain d'orge, tout gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgerisé, quand

te dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgeriseras-tu? Je me dé-gros-gras-grand-
grain-d'orgeriserai quand tous les gros gras grands grains d'orge se seront
dé-gros-gras-grand-grain-d'orgerisés.

10

Un dragon gradé dégrade un gradé dragon.

11

Tes laitues naissent-elles ? Si tes laitues naissent, mes laitues naîtront.

12

Le blé s'moud-il ? L'habit s'coud-il?

Oui l'blé s'moud, l'habit s'coud.

13

Pauvre petit pêcheur, prend patience pour pouvoir prendre plusieurs petits
poissons.

14

Dans la gendarmerie, quand un gendarme rit, tous les gendarmes rient

 dans la gendarmerie.

15

Pourquoi les alliés ne se désolidariseraient-ils pas.

from Belgium

16

Rat vit riz,

Rat mit patte à ras,
Rat mit patte à riz,
Riz cuit patte à rat.

17

Cette taxe fixe excessive est fixée exprès à AIX par le fisc.

18

Cinq chiens chassent six chats.

19

Il était une fois, un homme de foi qui vendait du foie dans la ville de Foix. Il
dit ma foi, c'est la dernière fois que je vends du foie dans la ville de Foix.

Foix est une ville dans le Pyrénées

20

Le général Joffrin nous dit: A Toul, ai perdu mon dentier.

En général j'offre un outil à tous les pères du monde entier.

Citation de Romain Bouteille dans ""Des boulons dans mon Yaourt"" au café de la Gare.

21

Pruneau cuit, pruneau cru, ...

22
 Trois petites truites non cuites
trois petites truites crues

23

Tu t'entêtes à tout tenter, tu t'uses et tu te tues à tant t'entêter.

24

Un pâtissier qui pâtissait chez un tapissier qui tapissait, dit un jour au

tapissier qui tapissait: vaut-il mieux pâtisser chez un tapissier qui tapisse
ou tapisser chez un pâtissier qui pâtisse?

25

Elle est partie avec tonton, ton Taine et ton thon.

26

Marcel porc tua. Sel n'y mit, vers s'y mit, porc gâta.

27

Il y a deux espèces de fous:

il y a les fous ronds, et les fous carrés.
les Fourons sont carrément fous,
et les fous carrés, ca c'est un cas Happart!

Mr. Happart étant un personnage bien connu de la commune belge ""Fourons"".

28

Tatie, ton thé t'a-t-il ôté ta toux,

disait la tortue au tatou.
Mais pas du tout, dit le tatou,
Je tousse tant que l'on m'entend
de Tahiti à Tombouctou.

29

Le poivre fait fièvre à la pauvre pieuvre.

 by Pierre Abbat

30

Chez les papous, y'a des papous à poux, et des papous pas à poux... Mais
chez les papous, y'a des papous papas et des papous pas papas... Donc
chez les papous, y'a des papous papas à poux, des papous papas pas à
poux... des papous pas papas à poux et des papous pas papas pas à
poux... Mais chez les poux, y'a des poux papas et des poux pas papas...
Donc chez les papous, y'a des papous papas à poux papas, des papous
papas à poux pas papas, des papous pas papas à poux papas et des
papous pas papas à poux pas papas.

dues à Franquin de un album de Gaston Lagaffe

31

Ces six saucissons-ci sont si secs qu'on ne sait si s'en sont.

32

C'est l'évadé du Nevada qui dévalait dans la vallée, dans la vallée du

Nevada, qu'il dévalait pour s'évader, sur un vilain vélo volé, qu'il a volé
dans une villa, et le valet qui fut volé vit l'évadé du Nevada qui dévalait
dans la vallée, dans la vallée du Nevada, qu'il dévalait pour s'évader sur un
vilain vélo volé.

Heard on TV years ago, told by Sim, French comedian and actor.

33

Je dis que tu l'as dit à Didi ce que j'ai dit jeudi.

34

Ta Katie t'a quitté

Ta Katie t'a quitté
t'es cocu, qu'attends tu ?
Cuites toi, t'es cocu
T'as qu'à, t'as qu'à t' cuiter
Et quitter ton quartier
Ta Katie t'a quitté
Ta tactique était toc
Ta tactique était toc
Ta Katie t'a quitté.
...
 by Bobby Lapointe

35

Une bien grosse grasse mère avec de biens beaux gros gras bras blancs.

36

C'est pas beau mais tentant de tenter de tâter, de téter les tétons de tata
quand tonton n'est pas là.

37

Suis-je bien chez ce cher Serge?

38

Si ces six cents six sangsues sont sur son sein sans sucer son sang, ces six
cents six sangsues sont sans succès.

39

Ce ver vert sévère sait verser ses verres verts.

40

Les Autrichiens sont des autres chiens!

41

Si ma tata tâte ta tata,

ta tata sera tâtée.

42

Qu'à bu l'âne au quai? Au quai, l'âne a bu l'eau.

43

Trois tortues trottaient sur un trottoir très étroit.

 44

Les vers verts levèrent le verre vert vers le ver vert.

45

Quand un cordier cordant doit accorder sa corde,

Pour sa corde accorder six cordons il accorde,
Mais si l'un des cordons de la corde décorde,
Le cordon décordé fait décorder la corde,
Que le cordier cordant avait mal accordée.

46

Si six cent scies scient six cent saucisses,

six cent six scies scieront six cent six saucissons

47

Son chat chante sa chanson.

48

As tu été à Tahiti?

49

Un généreux déjeuner régénérerait des généraux dégénérés.

50

Seize jacinthes sèchent dans seize sachets secs.

51

Le fisc fixe exprès chaque taxe fixe excessive exclusivement au luxe et à

l'acquis.
 52

L'abeille coule, l'abeille coule, l'abeille coule, ...

53

La triste aventure de Coco le concasseur de cacao

Coco, le concasseur de cacao, courtisait Kiki la cocotte. Kiki la cocotte

convoitait un caraco kaki à col de caracul; mais Coco, le concasseur de
cacao, ne pouvait offrir à Kiki la cocotte qu'un caraco kaki sans col de
caracul. Le jour où Coco, le concasseur de cacao, vit que Kiki la cocotte
arborait un caraco kaki à col de caracul il comprit qu'il était cocu.

extrait d'un sketch de Bernard Haller

54

Zazie causait avec sa cousine en cousant.

55

Un taxi attaque six taxis.

56

Tentas-tu, Tantale, tremper ta langue?

by Pierre Abbat

57

Cinq gros rats grillent dans la grosse graisse grasse.

58

Poisson sans boisson, c'est poison!

You should always have wine when you eat fish!

59

Chouette chaussures!
 60

Tetramethyldiparadiaminobenzophenol, vous vaudrez désormais 200 francs

le kilo, car monsieur Millerand veut que tel soit le lot de tous les noirs
anthraquinones.

Petite phrase apprise il y a 25 ans dans un camp de vacances,

d'un docteur en biologie marine alors a la retraite,
aujourd'hui décédé. Je ne l'ai jamais oublie. Hélène Dufour

61

Si ça se passe ainsi, c'est sans souci.

62

Gal, amant de la reine, alla, tour magnanime,

galamment de l'arène à la tour Magne à Nîmes.

63

Tas de riz, tas de rats.

Tas de riz tentant, tas de rats tentés.
Tas de riz tentant tenta tas de rats tentés.
Tas de rats tentés tâta tas de riz tentant.

64

Chat vit rôt

rôt tenta chat
chat mit patte à rôt
rôt brûla patte à chat
chat quitta rôt.

65

As-tu vu le tutu de tulle de Lili d'Honolulu?

66

Ta tante t'attend.
- J'ai tant de tantes. Quelle tante m'attend?
- Ta tante Antoinette t'attend.
 67

La pipe au papa du Pape Pie pue.

by Jacques Prévert

68

Dans ta tente ta tante t'attend.

69

Ces Basques se passent ce casque et ce masque jusqu'à ce que ce masque

et ce casque se cassent.

by Pierre Abbat

70

La cavale aux Valaques avala l'eau du lac et l'eau du lac lava la cavale aux
Valaques.

71

Combien sont ces six saucisson-ci?

Ces six saucisson-ci sont six sous.
Si ces six saucisson-ci sont six sous,
ces six saucissons-ci sont trop chers.

72

Six saucisses sèches

73

Lulu lit la lettre lue à Lili et Lola alla à Lille où Lala lie le lilas.

74

Des blancs pains, des bancs peints, des bains pleins.

75
Mur pourrit, trou s'y fit, rat s'y mit; chat l'y vit, rat s'enfuit; chat suivit, rat
fut pris.

76

La roue sur la rue roule; la rue sous la roue reste.

by Pierre Abbat

77

Je veux et j'exige d'exquises excuses.

78

Ciel, si ceci se sait ces soins sont sans succès.

79

L'assassin sur son sein suçait son sang sans cesse.

80

Tonton, ton thé t'a-t-il ôté ta toux?

81

Petit pot de beurre, quand te dépetitpotdebeurreriseras-tu?

Je me dépetitpotdebeurreriserai quand tu te dépetitpotdebeurreriseras.

82

Je veux et j'exige; j'exige et je veux.

83

Un vieux chasseur sobre plein de santé, mais atteint de cécité, chaussé de

souliers souillés, sans cigare, fut dans la nécessité de chasser seul sur ces
champs sis en Sicile un sinistre chat sauvage. Il siffla ses chiens, Châtain,
Satin, Chauvin et suivit son chemin. Sur son passage, six chastes chérubins
siciliens, sans soucis, sans chaussures, chuchotèrent ceci: Salut, Sire
chasseur, citoyen sage et plein d'âge, aux yeux chassieux, au sang chaud,
sois chanceux! Sache en ce jour serein, sans chagrin ....

By the popular Belgian singer Julos Beaucarne

84

Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'une dinde, don d'un don du Doubs, à qui Didon
a dit: Donne, donc, don, du dos d'une dinde.

85

Trois gros rats gris dans trois gros trous ronds rongent trois gros croûtons
ronds.

86

J'ai vu six sots suçant six cent six saucisses, six en sauce et six cents sans
sauce.

87

La grosse cloche sonne.

88

Douze douches douces.

89

Si six cents couteaux-scies scient, en six, six cent six saucisses, la cuisine
est sale.

90

Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse.

91

Si ton tonton tond ton tonton,

ton tonton sera tondu par ton tonton.
 92

Sachez, mon cher Sasha, que Natasha n'attacha pas son chat!

93

Papier, panier, piano.

94

Cinq pères capucins, sains de corps et sains d'esprit, le corps ceint d'une
ceinture, portaient sur leur sein le sous-seing des saints capucins.

95

Seize chaises sèchent.

96

La robe rouge de Rosalie est ravissante.

97

Si ces six cent six sangsues sont sans sucer son sang, ces six cent six
sangsues sont sans succès.

98

Le python de la pythonisse a sucé du bois de réglisse.

Il est lisse comme un trombone à coulisse lisse et le python de la
pythonisse de tristesse se rapetisse;
il n'est plus en Suisse qu'un piteux piton d'alpiniste chez un droguiste.

99

Si six scies scient six cyprès,

six cent six scies scient six cent six cyprès.
 100

Etant sorti sans parapluie,

il m'eût plus plu qu'il plût plus tôt.

101

Même maman m'a mis ma main dans mon manchon.

102

Ce chasseur sait chasser sans son chien dit le sage garde-chasse, chasseur
sachez chasser sans chien!

103

Fait faire à Fabien fourbe et fautif force farces fausses et fantasques.

104

Fruits frais, fruits frits, fruits cuits, fruits crus.

105

Le ver vert va vers le verre vert.

106

Piano, panier, panier, piano.

107

Vends vestons, vestes et vareuses vieilles et vétustes.

108

Madame Coutufon dit à madame Foncoutu:

- Bonjour, madame Foncoutu! Y a-t-il beaucoup de Foncoutu à Coutufon?
- Il y a autant de Foncoutu à Coutufon qu'il y a de Coutufons à Foncoutu.
 109

Poche plate plate poche.

110

La sole a salé son lit mais la mer a lavé le lit que la sole a salé et la sole
rissole dans la casserole.

111

Juste juge jugez Gilles jeune et jaloux.

112

Nino n'a ni nappe ni nippe et ne nettoie nylon ni linon.

113

Ecartons ton carton car ton carton nous gêne.

114

Didon dîna, dit-on, du dos d'un dodu dindon, don dû d'un don, à qui Didon
dit: Donne, donc, don, du dos d'un dindon dodu.

115

Jésus loge chez Zachée, chez Zachée loge Jésus.

116

Zaza zézaie, Zizi zozote.

117

Un chasseur sachant chasser chassait sans son chien de chasse.

118
 Que c'est crevant de voir crever une crevette sur la cravate d'un homme
crevé dans une crevasse.

119

Une bête noire se baigne dans une baignoire noire.

120

Un chasseur qui chassait fit sécher ses chaussettes sur une souche sèche.

121

Un plein plat de blé pilé

122

Un ange qui songeait à changer de visage se trouva soudain si changé que

jamais plus ange ne songea à se change.

123

Le chasseur, sachant chasser sans son chien, chassera seul.

124

Lily lit le livre dans le lit.

125

Qu'a bu l'âne au lac? L'âne au lac a bu l'eau.

126

Six jeunes gens juchés sur six chaises chuchotaient ceci: sage chasseur au
front chauve, au sang chaud, aux yeux chassieux, sachez chasser le chat
chauve qui se cache sous la chiche souche de sauge séchée.
 127

Croix crème, croix crème, croix crème ...

128

C'est trop tard pour le tram trente-trois.

by Jacques Bruel-Madeleine

129

Trois tortues têtus trottent en trottinette.

130

Si c'est rond c'est point carré.

Cicéron c'est Poincaré

131

Bonjour Madame Sans Souci

Combien sont ces six saucissons ci et combien sont ces six saucissons là?
Six sous Madame sont ces six saucissons ci et six sous aussi sont ces six
saucissons là!

132

T'as ton tacot qu'a la cote, cocotte!

Qu'attend ton tacot qu'a la cote?
Mon tacot qu'a la cote attend dans la côte que l'accostent des cocottes. Et
toc!

133

Les chemises de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ou archi-sèches?

134

Le kitsch tchèque choque, sauf s'il est chic.

135
 Je cherche Serge.

136

Buvons un coup ma serpette est perdue, mais le manche, mais le manche

...
Buvons un coup ma serpette est perdue, mais le manche est revenu!

children's song: You are supposed to change the vowels to ""a"", then ""e"", ""i"", ""o"" and so
on.

137

Tata, ta tarte tatin tenta Tonton; Tonton tâta ta tarte tatin, Tata.

138

Sieur, le censeur, sans cesse sur son séant, s'assied seul sans souci sur son
seau.

by Philippe Thiaudière

139

Toto t'as tort, tu t'uses et tu te tues en t'entêtant; crois-moi, Toto tu

t'entêtes et j'te dis qu't'as tort.

140

Paul se pèle au pôle dans sa pile de pulls et polos pâles. Pas plus d'appel de
la poule à l'Opel que d'opale dans la pelle à Paul.

141

La pie niche en haut,

L'oie niche en bas,
L'hibou niche ni haut ni bas.

142

Ah! pourquoi Pépita sans répit m'épies tu,

dans le puits Pépita pourquoi te tapis-tu ?
Tu m'épies sans pitié, c'est piteux de m'épier,
 De m'épier Pépita ne peux tu te passer ?

from a song

143

Le cricri de la crique cri son cri cru et critique car il craint que l'escroc ne le
croque et ne le craque.
Mais un espadon a dédé donna dudule d'un don si dou donné fit son dada
qu'il garda.

144

Un ananas n'as ni nid ni ninas.

145

Dinon dina, dit-on, du dos dodu d'un dodu dindon du don, et dit; dit donc
c'est bon le dos dodu d'un dodu dindon du Don.

146

Si tu te tues, tu te tues.

147

- L'oie niche bas, la pie niche haut: où niche l'hibou?

- l'hibou niche ni haut ni bas.

148

La caille couve au coin du pont, au coin du pont couve la caille, ...

149

Six fûts, six caisses: la main entre les caisses, le doigt dans le trou du fût.
Six fûts, six caisses: le doigt dans le trou du fût, la main entre les caisses.

150

Comté, Comté, Comté, ...

 151

Oh! Le sale! Oh! Le sale! Oh! Le sale! ...

152

Et si la cathédrale se décathédralisait comment la recathédraliserions-nous?

153

Un pécheur péchait sous un pêcher,

le pêcher empêchait le pécheur de pécher,
le pécheur coupa le pêcher,
le pêcher n'empêcha plus le pécheur de pécher.

154

Bonjour madame la saucissière,

combien vendez vous ces six saucisses la?
Je les vends six sous,
six sous ci,
six sous ça,
six sous ces six saucisses la.

155

Natacha, n'attacha pas son chat Pacha qui s'échappa. Cela fâcha Sacha qui
chassa Natacha.

156

Ces cyprès sont si loin qu'on ne sait si c'en sont!

157

Ane et vers et taupe ont ils os? âne à os vers non, taupe si.

158
 Au pied d'la panne la cane y pond, au pied du pond le canard y couv'

159

- Bonjour Madame Sans-Souci. Combien sont ces soucis-ci?

- Six sous, ces soucis-ci.
- Six sous?! C'est trop cher, Madame Sans-Souci.

160

Si ces six scies-ci scient si bien ce cyprès-ci, ces six scies-ci scieront ces six
cents cyprès-ci.

161

Rat vit rot

rôt tenta rat
rat mit patte à rôt
rôt brula patte à rat
rat secoua patte et quitta rôt.

162

Si ton bec aime mon bec

comme mon bec aime ton bec,
donne-moi le plus gros bec
de la Province de Québec!

163

J'ai vu six cent Suisses sucant six cent six saucisses dont six en sauce et
six cent sans sauce

164

Kiki était cocotte, et koko concasseur de cacao. Kiki la cocotte aimait

beaucoup koko le concasseur de cacao. Or un marquis caracolant et
cacochyme, conquit par les coquins quinquets de kiki la cocotte, offrit à kiki
la cocotte un coquet caraco kaki à col de caracul. Quand koko le concasseur
de cacao apprit que kiki la cocotte avait reçu du marquis caracolant
caduque et cacochyme un coquet caraco à col de caracul, koko le
concasseur de cacao conclu: je clos mon caquet, je suis cocu!

extrait d'un sketch de Bernard Haller

165

Latte ôtée, trou au toit.

Latte remise, trou y'a plus.

166

Dix verres six tasses, lait gâté pot en terre.

""diversitas legate potenter"" en latin de cuisine

167

Le dandy dodelinant dodeline de la tête devant le dindon dodu.

168

""le mur murant Paris rend Paris murmurant""

from Victor Hugo

169

Le vif vert filait vite sur un fil de fer vert.

Le vert fil de fer vit filer le vilain vert de terre.

composition de Isabelle Payri-Lamarche

170

J'mouille mes coudes,

mes coudes s'mouillent,
est-ce que j'mouille mes coudes?
J'mouille mes coudes,
mes coudes s'mouillent,
saurais-tu le dire?

from Québec, Canada

171

Verre plein je te bois, verre vide je te plains.

 172

Il avait été attentif à la pathétique tentative d’attentat contre la tante du

potentat des Hottentots.

173

Jésus soupa chez Zachée.

174

Temps passa, mur usa, creux s'y fit, rat s'y mit; chat l'y vit, rat s'enfuit;
chat suivit, rat fut pris.

175

Que lit Lili sous ce lila là? Lili lit l'Iliade.

176

En sont-ce dit Samson?

C'en sont dit Dalida.

177

Graffiti graffe une graffe grâce à un aggraffeur.

Rough Translations

1.
A hunter who knows how to hunt knows how to hunt without his
hunting dog.
2.
I am what I am/pursue and if I am what I am/pursue, what am I?
3.
Health isn't (written) without t, illness is (written) without t.
4.
The socks of the archduchess are they dry? Extra dry!
6.
Where does the magpie build its nest? The magpie nests high.
Where does the goose build its nest? The goose nests low. Where
does the owl build its nest? The owl nests neither high nor low.
7.
 My father is mayor my brother is masseuse. German: Mein Vater ist
Bürgermeister mein Bruder ist Masseur.
8.
These cherries are so sour that one can't believe they are cherries.
German: Diese Kirschen sind so sauer daß man nicht weis, ob es
welche sind.
9.
Big fat and long barley seed, you're such a big, fat and long barley
seed. When will you un-big-fat-and-long-barley-seed yourself? I
shall un-big-fat-and-long-barley-seed myself when all big fat and
long barley seeds have un-big-fat-and-long-barley-seeded.
10.
(?)
11.
Are your lettuces sprouting? If your lettuces are sprouting, my
turnips will sprout.
12.
Does the wheat mill itself? Does the coat sew itself? The wheat mills
itself! The coat sews itself!
13.
Poor little fisher, be patient if you want to fish many little fish.
14.
In the gendarmerie (police station) when a policeman laughs all the
policemen laugh in the gendarmerie.
15.
Why should the allies not break up their solidarity.
16.
Rat saw rice, Rat put paw on the brim, rat put paw on the rice, rice
burnt paw of rat.
17.
This excessive tax has been specially set on AIX by the tax-office.
18.
Five dogs chase six cats.
19.
Once upon a time, there was a man of faith who was selling liver in
the town of Foix. He said, my faith (my God) it is the last time I am
selling liver in the town of Foix.
20.
General Joffrin says to us: At Toul, I lost my dentures. In general, I
offer a tool to all the fathers of the whole world.
21.
Raw plum, cooked plum, ...
22.
Three uncooked little trouts, three raw little trouts.
23.
You persist in trying everything, you wear and work yourself out to
death with such persistance.
24.
A pastry chef who made pastries at the house of a tapestry maker
who papered, said one day to the tapestry maker who papered: is it
 better to make pastries at a tapestry maker's who papers or to
paper at a pastry chef's who makes pastries.
25.
She is gone with your uncle, your Taine (a French writer) and your
tuna fish.
26.
Marcel killed a pig. He didn't salt it, worms got at it, the pig (porc)
spoiled.
27.
There are two types of crazy people: round ones and square ones.
The Fourons are completely crazy, and the square crazy people are a
case for Happart.
28.
Aunt, your tea has cured your cough, said the tortoise to the tattoo.
But at all, said the tattoo, I cough so much that you can hear me
from Tahiti to Timbuktu.
29.
The pepper gives the poor octopus fever.
30.
Among the people of Papua (New Guinea) there are some that have
lice and others who have no lice... But among the Papuans there are
Papuan fathers and Papuan non-fathers... So among the Papuans
there are Papuans who are fathers with lice and there are Papuans
who are fathers without lice and there are Papuans who are not
fathers with lice and there are Papuans who are not fathers without
lice... But among the lice there are father lice and non-father lice...
So among the Papuans there are father Papuans with father lice and
father Papuans with non-father lice and non-father Papuan with
father lice and non-father Papuans with non-father lice.
31.
These six sausages are so dry that on doesn't if they are it.
33.
I say that you told Didi what I said Thursday.
34.
Your Katie has left you. You have been deceived, what are you
waiting for? You have but to get drunk and leave your appartment.
Your Katie has left you. Your tactics were rubbish. Your Katie has left
you. ...
35.
A quite big fat mamma with great nice big fat white arms.
36.
What a shame to try to touch, to suck the tits of Aunty when Uncle
is not there ...
37.
Am I at dear Serge's house?
38.
If these 606 leeches are on his/her breast without sucking his/her
blood, these 606 leeches are not successful.
39.
This austere green worm knows how to empty his green glasses.
40.
Austrians are other dogs! Nichts für ungut!
41.
If my aunt feels your aunt, your aunt will be felt.
42.
Waht has the donkey drunkat the pier? At the pier, the donkey drunk
water.
43.
Three turtles are trottind down a narrow sidewalk.
44.
The green worms raised the green glass towards the green worm.
45.
When a stringing stringer (someone who makes strings) must tune a
string, He tunes six cordons (little strings) to tune the string, But if
one of the cordons of the string come unstrung, The unstrung
cordon make the string unstrung, The string that the stringing
stringer had bad tuned.
46.
If six hundred saws saw six hundred sausages,
six hundred six saws will saw six hundred six [large] sausages
47.
His cat sings his song.
48.
Have you been to Tahiti?
49.
A generous breakfast regenerates degenerate generals.
50.
Sixteen hyacinths are drying in sixteen dry sachets.
51.
The tax-office sets each excessive fixed tax exclusively on luxury
and on the acquirement.
52.
The bee is gliding (away).
53.
The sad adventure of Coco the cocoa grinder: Coco, the cocoa
grinder, was courting Kiki the cocotte. Kiki the cocotte wanted a
khaki jacket with a collar of karakul; but Coc, the cocoa grinder,
could only offer Kiki a khaki jacket without a collar of karakul. The
day when Coco, the cocoa grinder, saw Kiki the cocotte showing off a
khaki jacket with a collar of karakul he realized that he had been
cuckold.
54.
Zazie is chatting with her cousin while sewing.
55.
One taxi is attacking six taxis.
56.
Did you try, Tantalus, to soak your tongue?
57.
Five large rats gnawed in the large fatty lard.
58.
 Fish without a drink is poison.
59.
Cool shoes!
60.
Tetramethyldiparadiaminobenzophenol, from now on you will value it
at 200 francs the kilogram, because Mr. Millerand wants that to be
the lot of all black antraquinon (dyes).
61.
If that happens thus, it is of no concern
62.
Gal, lover of the queen, went, magnanimous turn, from the arena to
the Magen tower in Nimes.
63.
Heap of rice, pack of rats. Heap of rice is tempting, pack of rats is
tempted. Tempting heap of rice tempted pack of tempted rats. Pack
of tempted rats tested tempting heap of rice.
64.
The Cat saw the roast. The roast tempted the cat. The cat put a paw
on the roast. The roast burned the paw of the cat. The cat left the
roast.
65.
Have you seen the tulle tutu of Lili from Honolulu?
66.
Your aunt is waiting for you. I have so many aunts. Which aunt is
waiting for me? Your aunt Antoinette is waiting for you.
67.
Pope Pius's dad's pipe stinks.
68.
In your tent your aunt is witing for you.
69.
These Basques pass each other this helmet and this mask until this
mask and this helmet break.
70.
The Valachian's horse drank the lake's water and the lake's water
washed the Valachian's horse.
71.
How much are these six sausages?. These six sausages are six sous
(old French monetary unit). If these six sausages are six sous, these
six sausages are too expensive.
72.
Six dry sausages
73.
Lulu read the letter read to Lili, and Lola went to Lille where Lala ties
the lilac.
74.
White breads, painted benches, full baths.
75.
In wall decayed, a hole was made. A rat inside a cat espied. The rat
then fled, the cat then sped, the rat was caught.
76.
 The wheel rolls on the road; the road stays under the wheel.
77.
I want and I demand exquisite excuses.
78.
Heaven, if this is known these cares are without success.
79.
The assassin on her breast Sucked her blood without a rest.
80.
Uncle, did your tea get rid of your cough?
81.
Little pot of butter, when will you unlittlepotofbutterize yourself? I
will unlittlepotofbutterize myself when you unlittlepotofbutterize
yourself.
82.
I want and I demand; I demand and I want.
85.
Three big fat rats in three big round holes gnaw three big round
croutons.
86.
I saw six silly people sucking six hundred six sausages, six in sauce
and six hundred without sauce.
87.
The big bell is ringing.
88.
Twelve sweet showers.
89.
If six hundred serrated knives cut six hundred six sausages in six,
the kitchen is dirty.
90.
The rolling stone gathers no moss.
91.
If your uncle shaves your uncle, your uncle will be shaved by your
uncle.
92.
Know, dear Sasha, that Natasha doesn't fasten her cat!
93.
Paper, basket, piano.
95.
Sixteen chairs are drying.
96.
Rosalie's red dress is ravishing.
97.
If these 606 leeches don't suck one's blood, these 606 leeches are
unsuccessful.
99.
If six saws saw six cypreses, six hundred six saws saw six hundred
six cypreses.
100.
Since I went out without an umbrella, it would have been better if it
had rained earlier.
101.
My mother has put my hand in my sleeve.
102.
This hunter knows how to hunt without his dog, says the wise
hunting ward. Hunter know how to hunt without dog!
104.
Fresh fruit, fried fruit, cooked fruit, raw fruit.
105.
The green worm is going towards the green glass.
106.
Piano, basket, basket, piano.
110.
The sole dirtied its bed but the sea washed the bed that the sole has
dirtied, and the sole is browning (frying) in the casserole.
111.
Just judge, judge young and jealous Gilles.
113.
Let's move your box, because your box is bothering us.
115.
Jesus stays at Zacchaeus's house, at Zacchaeus's house stays Jesus.
117.
A hunter who knows how to hunt went out without his hunting dog.
118.
What a riot it is to see a shrimp smashed on the tie of a dead man in
a crevasse.
119.
A black beast bathes in a black bathtub.
120.
A hunter who was hunting set his socks to dry on a dry stump.
121.
A full plate of piled wheat.
122.
An angel that dreamed of changing its face suddenly found herself
so changed that never again an angel dreamt of changing.
123.
The hunter, knowing how to hunt without his dog, will hunt alone.
124.
Lily reads the book in bed.
125.
What did the donkey drink at the lake? The donkey drank water at
the lake.
126.
Six young men perched on six chairs were whispering this: wise
huntsman, bald-headed, hot-blooded, bleary-eyed, you must learn
to hunt the bald cat which hides under the rare stump of dried sage.
127.
Cream cross, cream cross, cream cross ...
128.
It is too late for tram 33. German: Es ist zu spät für die Straßenbahn
Nr. 33.
129.
Three stubborn tortoises scamper on scooters.
130.
If it is round it is not square.
131.
Good Day Lady of No Worries
How much are these six sausages here and how much are those six
sausages there?
Six pence Madame for these sausages here and six pence as well for
those sausages there!
132.
Your cab's rate is quite high, cabbie! What is your high-rated cab
waiting for? My high-rated cab is waiting on the hill for chicks to
accost it. So there!
133.
Are the archduchess' shirts dry or super dry?
134.
The czech kitch shocks, unless it's chic.
135.
I'm looking for Serge.
137.
Tata the apple tarte tempts Tonton; Tonton has touched the apple
tart, Tata.
141.
The magpie nests high. The goose nests low. The owl nests neither
high nor low.
144.
A pineapple has neither a nest nor a cigar.
146.
When you kill yourself, you kill yourself
147.
The goose nests low. The magpie nests high. Where is the owl's
nest? The owl nests neither high nor low.
148.
The quail broods under the bridge, under the bridge the quail
broods.
149.
Six casks, six cases: the hand between cases, the finger in the
cask's mouth. Six casks, six cases: the finger in the cask's mouth,
the hand between cases.
152.
If the cathedral would un-cathedralize how would we re-cathedralize
it?
153.
A fisher fishes beneath a peach-tree, the peach-tree hinders the
fisher from fishing, the fisher fells the peach tree, the peach tree no
longer hinders the fisher from fishing.
154.
Good day madam sausage-seller, how much are those six sausages?
I sell them for six sous (old French monetary unit), six sous here, six
 sous there, six sous the sausages there.
155.
Natasha, didn't fasten her cat Pasha who escaped. This angere
Sasha who chased Natasha.
156.
Those cypreses are so far (away) that one doesn't know if they are
there!
157.
Donkey and worm and mole, do they have bones? Donley has bones,
worm doesn't, mole has.
158.
Below the purlin (part of the roof) the (female) duck is laying eggs,
below the brood the (male) duck is hatching.
159.
Godd day Madame Sans-Souci. How much are the marigolds here?
Six sous, the marigolds here. Six sous?! That's too expensive
Madame Sans-Souci.
160.
If these six saws here saw this cypres here that well, these six saws
here will saw these six hundred cypreses.
161.
Rat saw roats. Roast tempted rat. Rat put a paw on the roast. The
roast burned the paw of the rat. The rat pulled back its paw and left
the roast.
162.
If your kisser loves my kisser
like my kisser loves your kisser,
let me have the biggest kiss
of the Province of Quebec!
163.
I saw six hundred Swiss, sucking six hundred sausages, six with
sauce and six hundred without sauce
165.
Lath removed, hole in the roof. Lath puted back, no more hole.
166.
Ten glasses six cups, cooked milk pot on the ground
168.
The fortifications build around Paris make the Parisians nervous
170.
I'm wetting my elbows, my elbows are getting wet, am I wetting my
elbows? I'm wetting my elbows, my elbows are getting wet, would
you be able to say it?
171.
Full glass, I drink you. Empty glass, I feel sorry for you.
172.
He had been attentive to the pathetic attempt of murder on the aunt
of the Hottentots’ potentate.
173.
Jesus ate at Zachee's.
174.
 As time passed, the wall decayed, a hole appeared in which a rat
settled; A cat saw it, the rat fled, the cat followed, the rat was
caught.
175.
What is Lili reading under this lilac? Lili is reading the Iliad.
176.
Are these it, says Samson? These are it, says Dalida.

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