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Title: Tongue twisters
Post by: sarcasticmuppet on June 14, 2005, 06:55:09 PM

Jon Boy's thread reminded me of all the tongue twisters I'd learnt in my acting class.  With a little practice, I got pretty good at them:

Think the Peter Piper ditty, only thusly:

Billy Button bought a bunch of beautiful bananas (a bunch of beautiful bananas Billy Button bought, etc.)
Danny Davis did a dastardly deed...
Mimi Miller made some marvelous marmalaide...
Cathryn Crosby kept a cuddly kitten in her closet...

A few more that I liked:
He thrusts his fists against the posts, and still insists he sees the ghosts.

Will you wait for Willie and Winnie?  (this was done seven times in one breath:  WILL you wait for willie and winnie will YOU wait for willie and winnie will you WAIT for willie and winnie...etc.)

This one I never could get the hang of:  Unique New York.  

There were more little two word ones that my poor tongue could not do, but I cannot remember them.

Title: Tongue twisters
Post by: saxon75 on June 14, 2005, 07:02:29 PM

The classic is, of course, "Toy boat."

Title: Tongue twisters
Post by: Icarus on June 14, 2005, 09:23:52 PM

Our vocal coach in Man of La Mancha had us sing "Over the rough and rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran" over and over again, in steadily increading pitch and speed.